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You are not taking into account the risk of trouble (non-negligible)... Driving includes solving problems like lack of oil, crashes, etc...

toyg 10y ago
Robberies should be question #1.
- scarmig 10y ago
  Obviously the solution is to teach AIs how to use guns. (Do military drones already have this? Could trucking companies legally send in armed security drones when they detect a robbery in process?)
  - toyg 10y ago
    I doubt armed security can legally do anything beyond defending themselves as it is, let alone sending drones. I guess they'll just wire the truck to alert police and turn on lots of cameras. Police might respond quickly... at least until the number of false alarms (truck hits a hole a bit too heavy, alarm goes "ROBBERY!!!11!") stays low enough.
  - wstrange 10y ago
    New NRA tagline: The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good AI with a gun
- mikeash 10y ago
  Seems like an autonomous truck should be harder to rob than a normal one. If you want to hijack a normal truck you just wave a gun at the driver, kick him out, and take the wheel. An autonomous truck won't feel threatened by a gun and may not even have any human-operable controls.
  - toyg 10y ago
    But you can crash it without worrying about adding a capital offence to your criminal record.
- true_religion 10y ago
  An autonomous vehicle can be designed not to be hijacked. Simply remove all user controls, or lock them unless an authorized user is sitting in the seat. If the vehicle stops for an 'emergency' reason, notify someone in central command immediately. At that point they can monitor the situation. If the vehicle is stopped under an emergency, and notices that its door panels are being broken into, then it can notify central command so they can call the police. All the while, it's recording from every angle possible. ---- On the other hand, regular trucks have a driver who has to leave the vehicle to take care of human business and can be kidnapped or threatened into any number of actions that'd help a robber complete their work.
  - vonmoltke 10y ago
    Except for "remove all user controls", those are all things that can be done on a non-autonomous truck.
- univalent 10y ago
  Careful dude, Michael Bay might hear you.
jhall1468 10y ago
Crashes don't matter very much, since a human vs a machine isn't going to change anything in that regard. Let's assume lack of oil implies mechanical issues (since... you know, fill it with oil before it leaves). In that case it's vastly cheaper to dispatch a mechanic when a problem arises then it is to have a fleet of drivers sitting in a vehicle.
- pfortuny 10y ago
  Crashes in the sense of having to deal with the other driver, insurance, police, moving the vehicle away from the road... Those things that are easy for a human to do.

toyg 10y ago

Robberies should be question #1.

scarmig 10y ago
Obviously the solution is to teach AIs how to use guns. (Do military drones already have this? Could trucking companies legally send in armed security drones when they detect a robbery in process?)
- toyg 10y ago
  I doubt armed security can legally do anything beyond defending themselves as it is, let alone sending drones. I guess they'll just wire the truck to alert police and turn on lots of cameras. Police might respond quickly... at least until the number of false alarms (truck hits a hole a bit too heavy, alarm goes "ROBBERY!!!11!") stays low enough.
- wstrange 10y ago
  New NRA tagline: The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good AI with a gun
mikeash 10y ago
Seems like an autonomous truck should be harder to rob than a normal one. If you want to hijack a normal truck you just wave a gun at the driver, kick him out, and take the wheel. An autonomous truck won't feel threatened by a gun and may not even have any human-operable controls.
- toyg 10y ago
  But you can crash it without worrying about adding a capital offence to your criminal record.
true_religion 10y ago
An autonomous vehicle can be designed not to be hijacked. Simply remove all user controls, or lock them unless an authorized user is sitting in the seat. If the vehicle stops for an 'emergency' reason, notify someone in central command immediately. At that point they can monitor the situation. If the vehicle is stopped under an emergency, and notices that its door panels are being broken into, then it can notify central command so they can call the police. All the while, it's recording from every angle possible. ---- On the other hand, regular trucks have a driver who has to leave the vehicle to take care of human business and can be kidnapped or threatened into any number of actions that'd help a robber complete their work.
- vonmoltke 10y ago
  Except for "remove all user controls", those are all things that can be done on a non-autonomous truck.
univalent 10y ago
Careful dude, Michael Bay might hear you.

jhall1468 10y ago

Crashes don't matter very much, since a human vs a machine isn't going to change anything in that regard. Let's assume lack of oil implies mechanical issues (since... you know, fill it with oil before it leaves). In that case it's vastly cheaper to dispatch a mechanic when a problem arises then it is to have a fleet of drivers sitting in a vehicle.

pfortuny 10y ago
Crashes in the sense of having to deal with the other driver, insurance, police, moving the vehicle away from the road... Those things that are easy for a human to do.