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I think an important distinction is that a human driver under attack will likely know he/she is under attack very quickly, whereas the passengers in a self-driv
by k_sze 11y ago
I think an important distinction is that a human driver under attack will likely know he/she is under attack very quickly, whereas the passengers in a self-driving car might not know that the self-driving system is under attack without significant delay.
- x5n1 11y agoNot to mention that the attack is undetectable. As there will be no witnesses and not recollection of who did the attack. So no legal deterrent to the would be attacker. This is a major problem.
- sound_of_basker 11y agoSpecifically with high energy light sources outside of the visible spectrum, how will the human driver know?
- k_sze 11y agoThat's a good question. My guess is that either the driver's vision will be quickly impaired or his/her eyes will quickly start hurting. In that case, the driver will quickly know something is wrong even if he/she may not know it's an attack. I'm no expert on laser safety or human biology, so I left a question on biology SE: http://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/38603/how-quickly-can-lasers-of-various-wavelengths-and-powers-impair-human-vision-or http://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/38603/how-quickly... Hopefully somebody can give an answer. And if the driver experiences no symptom, then the attack is just ineffective.