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> Crucially, this study models scenarios such as AVs being _half_ as safe as human drivers See, this is the main reason why AVs are great: accidents are caused

> Crucially, this study models scenarios such as AVs being _half_ as safe as human drivers See, this is the main reason why AVs are great: accidents are caused by speeders, drunk, tired, inexperienced drivers, morons driving while high on pot or ecstasy, that is, those who are MUCH worse than an average driver used as a yardstick to measure the performance of the autonomous cars. Replace them by an imperfect machine lacking common sense, and the overall driving skill still goes up.

lambdadmitry 9y ago
The "replacement" implies that people you mentioned want to be replaced. I don't think that's the case; speeders will just disable AI and crank up the speed themselves. People who are reasonable enough to activate AI when they are drunk will probably just order a taxi now, and so on. The only way to have that "replacement" is to force the autonomy on drivers, but that's not gonna fly well on a market.
- vadimberman 9y ago
  > The "replacement" implies that people you mentioned want to be replaced Not the entire world is America. Oftentimes "want" is replaced by "forced".