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This demo is not informative as to the readiness for scalable L4 deployment, for which it would be necessary to focus on the breadth/accuracy of perception features under the hood of intent prediction and what happens at the tail end with arbitrary situations that occur in urban driving environments.


    This demo is not informative as to the readiness for scalable L4 deployment
does anyone make that claim?


Presenting a subset of the information to let the uninformed jump to favorable conclusions for the presenter is not a new marketing strategy. If there's no indication about the true level of progress, what is the purpose of the demo?


> to let the uninformed

The uniformed don't know what 'scalable L4 deployment' is, so they can't jump to that conclusion.


No, but they're familiar with the definition (start-to-finish entirely autonomous trip under somewhat-controlled driving conditions) even if they don't necessarily know the lingo to describe it. Being able to get from point A to point B without human intervention is what people expect when they hear "self-driving car", and the video does little (if anything) to temper that expectation (perhaps because it truly is ready for L4 deployment, or perhaps because it's all smoke and mirrors).


> under somewhat-controlled driving conditions

I don't even know what this means, so I doubt the uninformed know the definition.


Meaning one can see the road, chiefly.




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