> Their decision to limit the initial problem domain is genius
I believe it's called "Level 4" autonomous driving. It's meant to drive only on safe routes for which the carmakers have already tested their technology.
In theory, all self-driving cars should be classified as Level 4 right now, because I don't think any of them is good enough for being classified as Level 5.
Levels quantify the level of autonomy Level 4 is hands off and eyes off.
They do not quantify the domain a car can be level 4 in one domain and level 3 2 or 0 in any other.
The domain specific qualification is what all car manufacturers are essentially going for with the exception of Tesla which will all due respect is using a system which is borderline level 3 according the the manufacturer with a single sensor type that was designed primarily for ADAS and calling it an autopilot.
The MobilEye powered Tesla’s will never be a level 4/5 certified even the NVIDIA ones, in fact with how the current regulation is brewing current Tesla Autopilot actually might regress considerably more than some of it's competitors like Audi and GM because Tesla wants to provide full autonomy but doesn't have anywhere near the hardware to do so, and as regulation will eventually catch up to them they are quite likely to lose it.
Level 4? What are you on about? Level 4 is "no driver attention is ever required for safety, i.e. the driver may safely go to sleep or leave the driver's seat". That's very far from anything on the market today.
I believe it's called "Level 4" autonomous driving. It's meant to drive only on safe routes for which the carmakers have already tested their technology.
In theory, all self-driving cars should be classified as Level 4 right now, because I don't think any of them is good enough for being classified as Level 5.