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A fair point. The argument really comes down to this: Is it likely that a malfunction will occur while the auto-car is closely followed by another car?
by dawnbreez 11y ago
A fair point. The argument really comes down to this: Is it likely that a malfunction will occur while the auto-car is closely followed by another car?
- mindslight 11y agoWell, I wouldn't say "likely" comes into it. I'm explicitly describing what happens with a choke_and_die() function if say the software crashes with no recovery, or major sensors are damaged - unpredictable by definition. The "I don't know how to navigate this situation" case would be handled by gracefully pulling over, and should rarely happen because developers would be encouraged to work out the kinks rather than having such a terrible user experience be common. My point is that giving developers an easy out of forcing a human to take over just encourages sloppy non-robust software. And if there's anything that consumer technology companies are good at creating, it's non-robust software that has no place in a car.