Autonomous Cars Are Learning To Drive In Crazy Town — Welcome To The GTA V Driving School

In news that may scare even the most ardent fan of autonomous cars, it would seem that self-driving cars are learning to drive on one of the craziest and most violent games available on the internet.

Yes, self-driving cars are apparently learning to drive on GTA V.

Autonomous Cars Using GTA V To Learn To Drive

According to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Technology Review, Grand Theft Auto V is being used as a training platform for algorithms that will eventually make their way into the software used by self-driving cars.

Autonomous Cars Using GTA V To Learn To Drive

The game's realistic graphics are being used to train artificial intelligence programs to to recognize objects that autonomous car may encounter in real life like other cars, pedestrians, bicycles, buildings, roads and other things like animals.

Autonomous Cars Using GTA V To Learn To Drive

Let's just hope the futuristic automatons that will soon be driving us around don't pick up the bad habits found in the other players lurking around the game who find it impossible to play without committing multiple virtual felonies.

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Article Published On: Wednesday, September 14, 2016, 16:47 [IST]
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