Another Self-Driving Car Accident, Another AI Development Lesson

Before we dive deep into the potential flaws of a self-driving system, we need to acknowledge that self-driving car is actually the most-advanced application of AI that's is the closest to AGI(Artificial General Intelligence). Driving is a very complex and potentially quite dangerous act. The environment a self-driving car has to deal with could be very complicated that require all kinds of situation awareness: other cars, pedestrians, bikes, traffic signals, signs, weather, road situation, etc. It's true that we've made great progress on artificial intelligence these years, but are we good enough for this task? No matter the answer, we need to do all we can and explore all the possibilities we are aware of, no stone unturned.