The Stig vs AI - One Lap ‘Man’ vs Machine Shootout!

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Man vs Machine! It’s an increasingly relevant conundrum as manufacturers pour billions into autonomous technology - but so far the results have all been a bit, well… stop-start.
However, the new Abu Dhabi Autonomous Racing League (aka A2RL) aims to accelerate AI development through motorsport. And rather than doubling down with EVs, it’s doing it with good old-fashioned combustion-engined race cars. A fleet of Dallara-built Super Formulas, no less.
Is the tech any good? To answer that question, we air-freighted The Stig to the Yas Marina Circuit, and lined up a race!
(And yes, we realise we might have things a bit mixed up - the A2RL race car is programmed by a whole team of people, while our tame racing driver isn’t remotely human…)
Over to Top Gear’s Editor-in-Chief, Jack Rix, to marshal proceedings…
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:58 Chat With Dr Giovanni Pau
02:48 Walkaround
05:15 The Stig
08:14 AI
14:20 Conclusion
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@TopGear 13 күн бұрын

What would you like to see The Stig up against next?

@sports_assents 13 күн бұрын

🤔🤔 how about we fans get a chance against the stig what do you think everyone

@psychosis7325 13 күн бұрын

The Mountain in Australia 👍 Blokes fast, but is he fast upside down???

@psychosis7325 13 күн бұрын

Pikes Peak - World Record 🖖

@ogpeekhal 13 күн бұрын

ricky stenhouse jrs right hand

@Robotron-zg6mf 13 күн бұрын

Ben Collins

@Niek3457 14 күн бұрын

Im pretty sure that guy from the AI racing competition is actually an AI as well.

@5Cylphil 13 күн бұрын

Im starting to get the feeling this isnt a microdose

@KunalWalkoli0 13 күн бұрын

Came here to say that but you beat me to it

@grant3226 13 күн бұрын

Dr Evil lost some weight

@MarkBlance 13 күн бұрын

Came here for this. Was not disappointed.

@DesertCow1000 13 күн бұрын

This nerd, thinking software engineers would program race AI according to feelings like bravery and confidence, rather than simply whatever is mathematically fastest 😂🙃

@whawojedo 14 күн бұрын

Anyone in IT knows this is exactly what happens when you try to demo your code 😂

@RCRitterFPV 13 күн бұрын

every test 2 weeks prior... zero issues... ask your team to test every possible variable... Nothing wrong... good to go... client standing next to you... what's that do? guaranteed BSOD...

@whawojedo 13 күн бұрын

@@RCRitterFPV exactly... 🤣🤣🤣

@BlakeIanni 8 күн бұрын

Every time. Without fail… well you know what I mean.

@sports_assents 14 күн бұрын

I viewed this video because of the stig 😂😂

@gregchristie2763 14 күн бұрын

Lol mee tooooo

@bryankotsch 14 күн бұрын

Same here. Not multi million dollar battle bots...

@Matwolf365 14 күн бұрын

Some say that he survives on a diet of precious metals, and that he is the one that leaked private information to Kendrick Lamar.

@thatboyischillin8700 14 күн бұрын

Me tooooo

@Mark-mu4pj 14 күн бұрын

Same 😂

@tokifung 14 күн бұрын

AI is so nervous because it’s not protected by halo

@AlphaDiallo-iz7fn 13 күн бұрын

Yes it's true he need a driving lésions bye max🥸

@AfterBurnettAsks 12 күн бұрын

"Oh, you're into racing? Who's your favourite driver?" "ChatGPT"

@jellyfish6217 14 күн бұрын

The Stig and the AI were definitely talking smack to each other before the race

@SpartanMJO12 14 күн бұрын

Nothing brings me greater joy than AI being shit

@ShortFilmStudiosLN 14 күн бұрын

Wise words

@mich2962 14 күн бұрын

nothing brings me greater joy than modern top gear being irrelevant

@ShortFilmStudiosLN 14 күн бұрын

@@mich2962 yet you still watch their videos

@jpl8878 14 күн бұрын

It wasn't shit though. It's really impressive that the AI managed to do a lap at any sort of race pace. I don't have any interest in watching driverless cars go around a track because the combination of engineering and human driver talent is the point of racing for me. But as a technical exercise to advance autonomous driving I'd call this a success for AI.

@Thot-Slayer-420 14 күн бұрын

They crashed into each other@@jpl8878

@ninthundertow 14 күн бұрын

I watched the 1st race and it was beyond painful. I had low expectations but it was really really bad. Hope they get it together.

@g0d182 13 күн бұрын

They did complete laps, you may have not seen that part

@ninthundertow 13 күн бұрын

@g0d182 they did like 4 formation laps then failed miserably foe the 2 race laps. I watched it all...

@Bod8998 13 күн бұрын

Utter pointless eh lol@@ninthundertow

@redflagy8 13 күн бұрын

Do you forget formula E ? It was a mess in the start with bateries failing every race and strategies not letting the team to even finish the race (Nissan kekw) in my opinion that's the best part of the new championships in a few years this cars will fly on the map with nearly 0 faults and it will be boring so have fun as long as you can

@Tiltglory 12 күн бұрын

@@redflagy8 the only point of having ai as a driver over a human is enjoying crashes and destruction without having to worry for someone. we'll see in a few years how they play this safety part cause im sure those bots aint cheap.

@_FilmKing_ 14 күн бұрын

I'll save you the time. The stig was 10 seconds quicker on a flying lap. No need to watch the whole video

@goltaraagag 10 күн бұрын

thanks!

@kumarsumant2878 7 күн бұрын

😂

@duanJ_aka_wfoundry 21 сағат бұрын

😂 thanks

@Luvaido 13 күн бұрын

So in the words of Jeremy... "this was rubbish "🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@bonolomodise5807 13 күн бұрын

I read it in his voice

@SirFlukealot 14 күн бұрын

This is such an unfair matchup, we all know stig has more computational power than any computer in his body than any supercomputer

@joe125ful 13 күн бұрын

Not true at all buddy machines already beat chees master even one of best gaming players... Those AL cars just need time and you see they will be faster then humans.

@jurekgadzinowski2895 11 күн бұрын

@@joe125ful Over one lap, maybe, but when it comes to racing, I highly doubt it.

@joe125ful 11 күн бұрын

@@jurekgadzinowski2895 Its only question of time. It will be one big videogame.

@jameshealwriter 14 күн бұрын

so the car reached artificial general intelligence on it's practice laps and decided it would rather be a comedian than a racing driver haha

@ttgk8506 14 күн бұрын

Stig 100% sabotaged the AI cars

@joe125ful 13 күн бұрын

Yes:)

@hypershrimp_ 10 күн бұрын

If racing games have taught me anything, that things gonna randomly decide to divebomb your sidepods in a corner, or take out the entire field in one chicane.

@JanTonovski 14 күн бұрын

3:35 Lidar and radar both use electromagnetic waves, just other frequencies. Journalist talk above science it seems

@2slick4u55 14 күн бұрын

about* science*

@JanTonovski 13 күн бұрын

@@2slick4u55oops, thanks for correcting me

@GrooveTasticThang 14 күн бұрын

Just shows how compact / efficient and adaptable a human is??

@davidkn 9 күн бұрын

not really, they taught a computer to do what it takes a human years to learn.

@toututu2993 8 күн бұрын

@@davidknBullcrap! It lacks a lot compared to a living being and is not really artificial intelligent nor it learnt the same way as human being

@davidkn 8 күн бұрын

@@toututu2993 that’s the point, looks what they’ve achieved in a few weeks/months, and think about what it will be able to do in a few years!

@bryankotsch 14 күн бұрын

The most expensive robot wars ever. Love Stiggy! Keep drivers in cars. On the road and the track. It's a cool concept though.

@ninthundertow 14 күн бұрын

Good god, i didn't think it would get worse from the 1st race. Well i was wrong. It literally caught on fire on a promotional video. Whos running their PR? This series needs minimum 2 more years of development before they do anything on track.

@xenofalcon 14 күн бұрын

Conclusion: Top Gear got decently paid to cover this under-baked event.

@Leforge360 14 күн бұрын

And still made it look bad!!

@krisnarefaagusta16 13 күн бұрын

@@Leforge360 Because its 34th series has been scrapped 5 months ago.

@rador3573 13 күн бұрын

Top Gear is paid to not say bad stuff about it, only for the car to catch fire😂😂

@mikerotch4597 13 күн бұрын

R.I.P. top gear and R.I.P. robot car

@CerbearusBane 14 күн бұрын

Can't say I've met a single person who would want to watch and entirely AI race.

@AndreasElf 13 күн бұрын

When I started to get interested in F1, the cars started to become boring. So, I don't really care that much. But it would propably be more fun to watch AI races while they are still not perfected. Maybe there are some fun action. Though it would be super boring when they all are driving perfectly.

@GatorWinup 12 күн бұрын

You heard of DARPA races?

@AndreasElf 11 күн бұрын

@@GatorWinup Me or CerbeareusBane? But yes, I have.

@jurekgadzinowski2895 11 күн бұрын

Well theyn you havent heard much. There were such features in some older games like F1 Championship Edition, where you could watch AIs racing against each other and it was interesting.

@jurekgadzinowski2895 11 күн бұрын

@@AndreasElf Wouldnt be boring if the cars were equall since the battles would be extremely intense.

@ImLiterallytheShadows 14 күн бұрын

I mean it doesn't feel like THE Top Gear but it's still a nice car program

@WDLC1911 14 күн бұрын

He does sound like “Hamster”, though. That’s about it.

@ShortFilmStudiosLN 14 күн бұрын

@@WDLC1911oh christ I can't unhear it now

@WDLC1911 14 күн бұрын

@@ShortFilmStudiosLN 😁😂🤣

@Freakishd 13 күн бұрын

You need to let go...

@flyingpanhandle 13 күн бұрын

Let is go dude. These videos have never been Top Gear tv show, its Top Gear magazine. Maybe everyone can moan at Amazon for cancelling Grand Tour?

@heypbolon1941 13 күн бұрын

Should have done cool down lap instead of stopping in the spot 🔥

@therealroyhobbs 11 сағат бұрын

programmed by non racing people 😂😂😂😂

@npanopUK 13 күн бұрын

Relying on gps is a big mistake for these cars

@848 9 күн бұрын

meh, GPS is more than accurate enough for small scale navigation, the precision needed for racing is not more than what GPS can actually provide.

@npanopUK 9 күн бұрын

@@848 Disagree. Racing is a precision driving. GPS signal can be blocked, reflected and interfered with. I watched the race and that's exactly what happened. Considering the purpose of AI racing, shouldn't rely on GPS.

@848 9 күн бұрын

@@npanopUK do you know something we don’t? It looks a lot more like the ai was just badly trained. And it’s not like the car “relies” on GPS, there are tons of other sensors. Also, what’s to say they aren’t using a local positioning system as well? People understand more what GPS is so it is better to say GPS even if that is just false.

@npanopUK 9 күн бұрын

@@848 Cars were unpredictable in 13-14 due to loss of gps. Also on straights they could turn hard for no reason, that's reflected gps and car thinks it's somewhere else, thus reaction. I would use gps only to understand what sector I am on and use computer vision (segmentation) combined with lidar to "see" the track. Mimic human so to say

@yungdadi 14 күн бұрын

I think the A.I. prefers battery-powered vehicles

@hypershrimp_ 10 күн бұрын

Why doesnt the autonomous robot have a halo? All those sensors and stuff cost a ton its got to be worth it.

@bosprocket 11 күн бұрын

well that was a waste of time

@navigatorhat 8 күн бұрын

It's theorised that one day he may even become self-aware. All we know is he's called The Stig!

@Shopsmith10er 13 күн бұрын

At least the nerdy kids are climbing out of the basement getting exercises by putting out fires and car recovery work.

@leoarc1061 13 күн бұрын

Yeap... this is what happens when you put out things that are not yet ready. Google's folding screens? Tesla's FSD?

@hessex1899 10 күн бұрын

The interesting thing about AI is that a llm can easily require megawatts of power to run where human intelligence works just fine on a pack of twizzlers and cocaine.

@Baimobile7 13 күн бұрын

“EVs are killing enthusiast cars! There’s no soul in them!” No, THIS has no soul, literally.

@GatorWinup 12 күн бұрын

You totally forgot the engineers behind the software. You ignored their souls.

@G2Merica 13 күн бұрын

I feel like this is just a set up to “show” us that AI is not as good as human and we shouldn’t be scared. I won’t fall for it.

@JohnnyFish971 13 күн бұрын

If its made for us dont expect to be perfect. But tons of stuff are automated nowdays so it replaces alot of old jobs Not sure about AI cars, maybe in a few decades they will have advance tactics

@k7y 10 күн бұрын

AI: We're not making it out of the hood with this one.

@hellraiser666666 14 күн бұрын

must by using batteries from BYD :D

@ATEC101 12 күн бұрын

BMW's 330i Track Trainer back in 2007 with Jeremy Clarkson as a ride along already did this. Indy Autonomous Challenge has been running since 2021. This is LIV golf for motorsports.

@erichernandez4179 10 күн бұрын

That’s not how a race car should sound. Early 2000s F1 V10 is where it’s at!

@Usama_Qayyum 13 күн бұрын

Top Gear doing top gear things and there is a fire? Surprising!

@AdaptiveReviewer 9 күн бұрын

Car racing has just entered a new level

@sorinnica3437 11 күн бұрын

Ho much The Stig train for driving? ... 20 years? Let's see the AI after few years of training. Will be simply unbeatable by any human.

@lounesmessaoudene9574 11 күн бұрын

And that is SCARY !! The way AI getting better and better

@yousseffarrah4116 14 күн бұрын

So basically ai is a joke 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@BergasJuergas 12 күн бұрын

Gràcies per el vídeo!!! Salutacions des de Mallorca Bros!!! Alobiuu Willy Boom!!!

@yggrikr6434 9 күн бұрын

I love the names of the cars: ciccia01 and ciccia02… sti pramsan magna persót!

@ernestojrlegaspi6958 8 күн бұрын

Imagine sim racers driving race cars in their rigs or couch. With this tech

@hesidoabducido7 9 күн бұрын

I missed Stig with an ice cream at Ferrari Land at the end of the video.

@ziyaul6939 14 күн бұрын

Stig won 👍🏻

@markcocker355 13 күн бұрын

This will be an interesting test to do every fue years, See how far AI comes on and then compare the latest Stig VS AI race to this one.

@ChristofVorhauer 10 күн бұрын

TG puts a prototype on fire AGAIN !!!

@IhavePorsche922Gt3Rs 11 күн бұрын

The end is near...

@cinimini4854 5 сағат бұрын

Most advanced driverless racecar? The Formula Student would like a stern word with you.

@kevs6402 12 күн бұрын

Come on Stiggy? Did Stig have a baby? Little Stiggy all grown up.

@firedell1031 13 күн бұрын

With how absurd generational enhancements get with AI, each new version of that thing should be massively faster.

@sponsors_not_included 3 күн бұрын

Wow, these ai races are gonna be insane… if they can get across the start line

@DontForgetOldKolobok 13 күн бұрын

I don't understand why they went to soo much effort to not drive the car...I mean, just choose a coffee table to not drive...

@etbadaboum 4 күн бұрын

'Radars do the same thing with electromagnetic waves' just after describing IR laser Lidar... but IR are EM too... (just a difference frequency)

@topcarspecs 13 күн бұрын

Amazing video 🎉

@ikme9393 11 күн бұрын

ai can never replace the skill and actual physical feedback of the car and driver in the track.

@rifatrahman9090 10 күн бұрын

It literally did a warm-up lap and a flying lap

@gerardvecino3362 14 күн бұрын

The AI car leaves an incredible amount of space to the kerb and track limits. It is very conservative when it comes to taking the racing line and makes very little use of the kerbs as well as being unaggressive in terms of taking a line. It also seems to be looking for a very smooth line as opposed to the lines of human drivers (and I'm not just talking about F1, any driver tries to get as close to the kerbs as possible). I don't have much faith in this project, but we'll have to see what they are capable of because the first race was a disaster.

@majkoce 10 күн бұрын

Logically AI drives conservatively. Do you know why? Because it gives it more margin for error. After a few generations, it will obviously drive better. But even this is an incredible feat of engineering.

@mariozamprogno1654 14 күн бұрын

It truly amazes me how far Top Gear has fallen

@martinhansen3673 8 күн бұрын

As a programmer, I really don’t want to have AI racing. Talking to computers all day, I at least want to just enjoy human beings doing the racing 😅

@LaFlaamPhoenix 13 күн бұрын

Great video, but can't believe I have to ask for an onboard side by side of both to compare Man vs AI on a racetrack...

@mercurials54 12 күн бұрын

Everyday seems humanity getting closer to being replaced by machines.

@dennislorenzana 11 күн бұрын

This is how we should test autonomous driving. Make it a sport and after we perfected it, transfer the technology to mass production cars. This way we save lives instead of testing autonomous driving in real life right away.

@JasonRayShute 11 күн бұрын

I watched the so called AI race and this went so much better. Considering BMW built a car you could do a hot lap in and it would copy and improve on it a decade ago, you would think this wouldn't be too hard to achieve.

@tomek1995v8 11 күн бұрын

I think I'm not the only one that thought that they should simply imply AI from any racing game 😂

@leongkin5992 9 күн бұрын

Anybody reading Dr.Giovanni voice in this tone ; Gentlemen ~~ a shortview back to the past ~~~~

@mikewallace8087 10 күн бұрын

The A.I. is affected by fear it never knew.

@svracing3 13 күн бұрын

First you get stig driving in a dark tunnel with a dark visor now you got him driving at night with 1 🤣

@jordanlevy373 13 күн бұрын

Ai pulled a stroll move😂😂

@ren_03 10 күн бұрын

That first AI car is me when I see the first number in my exam paper

@thomassabia5750 12 күн бұрын

The Ai flying lap flew off the track

@AppleLauda_destroyer99942 Күн бұрын

nothing can beat the Stig

@ZuluM77 11 күн бұрын

Don’t mess with the Stiggy.

@Tehn00bA 10 күн бұрын

Imma call this AI "Blue Balls" because it only teased us.

@djshotty 10 күн бұрын

Now we all know the best way to lose a Terminator if one's chasing you... just grab the nearest SuperFormula car and it's "see ya later Terminator"!

@afqt80 12 күн бұрын

Liters: Good. Kilograms: Nice! MiLeS PeR HoUr........

@Sushi_219 13 күн бұрын

STIG = Street, Track, Interconnected , Gearhead

@mercuriallimit 13 күн бұрын

i'd like a mario-cart function in VR please, also to compete against the rest of the world

@GatorWinup 12 күн бұрын

You can tell from the onboard videos that the AI car brakes much slower (than an F1 driver would). These cars are supposed to be driven to reach the tire limits -- so for the software/ML to learn those limits, spinning and accidents are required (given controlled temperature, tire, and road conditions). Otherwise, just by "programming" the AI (as suggested in the video, first on simulation, then given 6 weeks) would not outperform humans.

@sjhudon386 14 күн бұрын

What happens when there's a change in environmental, or tire conditions? Or even a bump from another race car?

@Mububban23 12 күн бұрын

Imagine being both a computer nerd AND a car nerd, and getting to work on this project.

@user-jh3ho1er2y 14 күн бұрын

Настоящий стиг - это Михаэль Шумахер

@antonsamuelsson1317 13 күн бұрын

The real stig is Ben Collins

@davyjones3399 8 күн бұрын

It takes a Stig to beat a Stig

@cezarmartins3489 14 күн бұрын

I wonder if we Top Gear will ever be presented by actual people again. This guy is as natural as AI.

@kryptoheroes 14 күн бұрын

stig is really Daniil Kvyat in this one

@justindelmundo1365 6 күн бұрын

Enough humiliation from Stig. They let it skid on purpose. AI quitted. 😅

@inderpritsingh5564 11 күн бұрын

Some say stig was first AI ever to be created 😂

@sharathnd 13 күн бұрын

F1 should transition to first remotely controlled cars then autonomous cars. It's coming and it's inevitable however much we want to deny it..

@nathan584 11 күн бұрын

Y'all seen the formula e ai race where they put 2 ai cars up against each other and they crashed almost immediately

@JordiMoll 11 күн бұрын

A race car should be driven by human. Emotions.

@youkofoxy 13 күн бұрын

Looks like Stig is not taking chances with a Ruben Barrichello situation again.

@davidhansen6788 11 күн бұрын

They should just hook hella sensors up to the stig and input that data. And see if the AI can replicate his lap times! Wouldn't that help give these programmer's a damn good reference point!?!

@dan-random1282 13 күн бұрын

I’d like to see the Stig versus Ben Collins (former Stig)!!!

@PlacidRest 7 күн бұрын

Doesnt matter to me how good autonomous tech gets i like to drive my car myself. And to point hard cold fact, those cars who can be driven by driver itself prices will skyrocket exponentially in future, it will become luxury thing.

@gvnthomas 13 күн бұрын

Haha that was the perfect add for AI race cars and it went about as well as their first race which was pretty much full of issues. I've no doubt it'll improve but right now the systems need more testing before they can start calling it a series!

@mattdavies3023 12 күн бұрын

Notice how the computer driven car did not cross over one of the lines marking the track limits - not once on the flying lap. Racing drivers take huge liberties with those limits these days. Where was the Stigs lap onboard to see if he did not cross any of these lines ( granted he didn’t catch fire 😂), but the fact the car posted a tangible time without doing this is impressive.

@KamikazeSOF2 11 күн бұрын

You're only not allowed to send all four wheels over the line. The AI car is not being aggressive enough with racing lines. I'm sure they'll improve, but it's just leaving time on the track right now.

@mattdavies3023 11 күн бұрын

@@KamikazeSOF2 yes, that’s what I mean. 👍 it’s programming is currently too perfect.

@josiahhein6036 4 күн бұрын

@@mattdavies3023except the part where it spun off the track out of control 😂 that part could still use some fine tuning 🤏

@Ahri-- 11 күн бұрын

I'd love for a chance to try out a Formula car, not gonna lie

@joshvanguard852 13 күн бұрын

Funny you can see the sticker that probably caused the fire flapping in the wind. You'd think they would've found that out before now watching previous videos. Stickers don't stay stuck try paint.