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> Elaine Herzberg, 49, was walking her bicycle outside the crosswalk on a four-lane road in the Phoenix suburb of Tempe about 10 p.m. > Tempe Police Chief Sylv
by keypusher 9y ago
> Elaine Herzberg, 49, was walking her bicycle outside the crosswalk on a four-lane road in the Phoenix suburb of Tempe about 10 p.m.
> Tempe Police Chief Sylvia Moir said that from viewing videos taken from the vehicle “it’s very clear it would have been difficult to avoid this collision in any kind of mode (autonomous or human-driven) based on how she came from the shadows right into the roadway."
This seems like an unfortunate accident, but it's not at all clear that the car was at fault or that it could have done anything to prevent it. There was even a human behind the wheel and they didn't react in time either.
- thfaway 9y agoA human being would have honked the horn while driving past something behind which someone can appear suddenly..But I doubt you can add those kinds of logic into a machine learning system...
- gkya 9y agoI can't describe how shocking it is watching many HN commented blame a person killed by a machine and defend the thing instead. There are even those who are saying that such deaths are necessary and useful for the advancement of technology.