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One day my son will drive. Do I want for him to face a 1/10000 chance of being killed each year by a human driver? Or do I want for him to face a 1/20000 chan
by thedevil 10y ago
One day my son will drive.
Do I want for him to face a 1/10000 chance of being killed each year by a human driver?
Or do I want for him to face a 1/20000 chance of being killed each year by an autonomous vehicle?
I'll take option two, for him and for me. I don't give a damn about philosophical questions. And I don't give a damn if it's a different dice I'm rolling.
The only reason I care much about this one death is because it risks slowing down progress. Lives are at stake here. Yours. Mine. Your family's. My family's.
The statistical/utilitarian argument for self-driving vehicles is less compelling than the personal story argument against them. So I want to make the for argument as personal and compelling as we can.
- turtlebits 10y agoThe only problem is that the statistics can vary greatly as there are so many factors to consider. Car age/model, geographic area, roads driven, etc.
- underwires 10y agoHow about this factor - 31% of all traffic-related deaths involve alcohol-impaired driving.
- JoeAltmaier 10y agoSO, a car breathalyzer that allowed only automatic driving if too high, would definitely be an improvement we could all get on board with?
- underwires 10y agowow, that was a leap. I think a lot of people would be thrilled to have the car drive when they've been drinking.
- thedevil 10y agoI hear you. Right now, statistics are limited and misleading. Frankly, I think Tesla is intentionally misleading with statistics (the miles aren't apples-to-apples but Tesla is using them as if they are). But autonomous vehicles will eventually be much, much safer than human drivers if they aren't already.