I guess it depends on the data available, but I don't think the hyperparameters are what's needed. You just need to see what the car sensed and how it responded. Then the other car companies can try to replicate the similar circumstances and see what their models would do.
I don't think all self-driving cars have the same sensors.
If you have LIDAR model X, and they were using LIDAR model Y, will your system "magically figure it out?
If your car has cameras at 5ft high, and the data is from a camera 6ft high?
Sure, someone could release the data, but will it screw up your models more than it fixes them?
(I totally agree the data should be released, I'm just not sure other self-driving cars will directly benefit. Certainly they can indirectly benefit from it.)
Is the design of self driving cars so limited that we will have to go through this every time carmakers must redesign hardware and/or vehicles themselves? Will the experiences of a sedan be impossible to transport to the experience of a semi truck? And vice versa?
The idea you present is possible, but I have to wonder how viable it makes the idea of self driving cars.
I understand, but the error may be in how it interpreted what it sensed. This is callous language, but if the models interpreted the pedestrian as trash on the street, then how it responded (driving over it) is not inappropriate.
> I understand, but the error may be in how it interpreted what it sensed.
It may, it also might not. If sharing data fails, further methods would be needed - but it's a good start for figuring out what data should be recorded for comparison. If the data is entirely incompatible, then we should have regulation to require companies to at minimum transcribe the data into a consumable format after an event such as this.
> ... if the models interpreted the pedestrian as trash on the street, then how it responded (driving over it) is not inappropriate.
If the models saw anything at all, they should not have driven over it. Even human drivers are taught that driving over road debris is dangerous. At minimum it puts the car/occupants at risk - in extreme cases, the driver may not recognize what it is they are driving over.
If this isn't a case where the car was physically unable to stop - it's more likely the telemetry didn't identify the person as an obstacle to avoid at all.
