Nvidia Unveils AI Model for Robotaxis with Explainable Decision-Making
Nvidia has released Alpamayo 2 Super, an open AI model for robotaxis that can explain its decision-making process. The model is part of Nvidia's pitch for a more interpretable kind of autonomy, where the reasoning behind a car's actions is transparent.
Alpamayo produces a chain of reasoning, a trajectory, and a plain-language account of the decision behind it. It takes in video from up to seven cameras for a full 360-degree view and is aimed at Level 4 driving, where a car handles everything within a defined area without anyone at the wheel.
The model's reasoning feature is what Nvidia calls a chain of causation, which can show why a car made a particular decision. This matters enormously in a domain where regulators and courts will want to know why a car did what it did.