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Would you (while sober) get into a car driven by an autonomous system that was demonstrably more likely to get into a crash than the average sober, awake, healt

Would you (while sober) get into a car driven by an autonomous system that was demonstrably more likely to get into a crash than the average sober, awake, healthy driver, but less likely to get into a crash than the average driver? Honest question. I don't think I would.

inimino 10y ago
Interesting question. As long as you still have the manual option, it doesn't really matter. You can just get in and drive if you want to. As the option becomes more common, obviously impaired driving becomes less common.
- aetherson 10y ago
  It matters if, for example, the car is an Uber and you aren't allowed to drive it.
  - Belenus 10y ago
    Will Uber still stand when self-driving cars become common?
Belenus 10y ago
But you can't predict what would happen. Driving even healthy and sober, something could happen. Assuming you're in a more developed version of the self-driving cars, machine-learning has most likely come a long way since the beginning. The car/network of cars would have learned by now that the command: "Stay on the right side of the road." Doesn't mean to stay on the right side of the road but it's okay to hit a few cars or pedestrians." They would have learned, or have programmed in them, that hitting cars or people is not good. Machines don't have a moral sense, and hoping that they are not completely sentient, this means that they don't have opinions, meaning that if you don't like this guy, you can be a little rude to him. And my last point is that the network of cars, all communicating at once, would learn how to be safest. Done.
mikeash 10y ago
Good question. It would depend on the exact numbers, I'd say. I do sometimes ride in (or drive) non-autonomous cars more dangerous than the best drivers, after all. I don't know how relevant it will be, though. I suspect that the fact that computers are always attentive, can react instantly, and follow the rules consistently will make them much safer very quickly. But we shall see!

inimino 10y ago

Interesting question. As long as you still have the manual option, it doesn't really matter. You can just get in and drive if you want to. As the option becomes more common, obviously impaired driving becomes less common.

aetherson 10y ago
It matters if, for example, the car is an Uber and you aren't allowed to drive it.
- Belenus 10y ago
  Will Uber still stand when self-driving cars become common?

Belenus 10y ago

But you can't predict what would happen. Driving even healthy and sober, something could happen. Assuming you're in a more developed version of the self-driving cars, machine-learning has most likely come a long way since the beginning. The car/network of cars would have learned by now that the command: "Stay on the right side of the road." Doesn't mean to stay on the right side of the road but it's okay to hit a few cars or pedestrians." They would have learned, or have programmed in them, that hitting cars or people is not good. Machines don't have a moral sense, and hoping that they are not completely sentient, this means that they don't have opinions, meaning that if you don't like this guy, you can be a little rude to him. And my last point is that the network of cars, all communicating at once, would learn how to be safest. Done.

mikeash 10y ago

Good question. It would depend on the exact numbers, I'd say. I do sometimes ride in (or drive) non-autonomous cars more dangerous than the best drivers, after all. I don't know how relevant it will be, though. I suspect that the fact that computers are always attentive, can react instantly, and follow the rules consistently will make them much safer very quickly. But we shall see!