Nissan's Path to Self-Driving Cars? Humans in Call Centers

"I mean, look at this." He points to a photo of road construction at an intersection in Sunnyvale, California, near Nissan's Silicon Valley research center, which Sierhuis runs. A worker holds a "Slow" sign. It's the sort of seemingly unremarkable situation that can trigger convulsions in the brain of an autonomous vehicle. "There is so much cognition that you need here," Sierhuis says.