Autonomous Car Sees Billboard with Stop Sign and Brakes

Getting autonomous cars right is harder than you think.   Twitter user Andy Weedman noticed his autonomous car stopped after he passed a billboard with a stop sign in the ad.  Level 5 autonomy is harder than you think.  Here’s the video showing what happened.

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  1. And this is why most outdoor advertising and sign codes specifically forbid any image or sign that mimics a traffic control device or sign. Apparently autonomous human drivers are considered to have a similar programming error in their software.