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>There are 30,000 motor vehicle deaths in America each year. In perhaps 30 years, fully autonomous vehicles could cut all of that needless carnage to nearly not
by dilemma 10y ago
>There are 30,000 motor vehicle deaths in America each year. In perhaps 30 years, fully autonomous vehicles could cut all of that needless carnage to nearly nothing.
There is a huge assumption underlying this: That computer systems would be more intelligent than humans.
I believe the opposite: Computer systems will be much dumber than humans, and increase the number of accidents if ever adopted on large scale.
- aschampion 10y agoIt's not a question of intelligence, but of attention. Few crashes are caused by wrong inferences; most are caused by lapses in attention or impaired judgement. Computer systems do not necessarily suffer from those.
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- dilemma 10y agoComputer systems can't handle unexpected events, at all. They can only do what they're told (execute instructions). They do not have judgment.
- bruce_one 10y agoTrue.... But... I quite like the theory that a developer has spent time (whilst not under much pressure) analysing crashes and potential crash scenarios, and programming to accommodate; rather than me trying to make a good-and-safe decision in milliseconds in the heat of the moment.