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It's interesting how so many techies initially had the knee-jerk reaction of "well, despite this accident, I bet these Uber autonomous cars are still safer than
by rjvir 9y ago
It's interesting how so many techies initially had the knee-jerk reaction of "well, despite this accident, I bet these Uber autonomous cars are still safer than humans".
It seems like all information available to us suggests the polar opposite.
- ojbyrne 9y agoAfter nearly getting hit by a car while on a crosswalk in broad daylight today, I don't think "polar opposite" is correct. I actually made eye contact with the driver, and expected her to slow down (I was right in the middle of the street). Instead she sped up to get through the crosswalk ahead of me.
- cozzyd 9y agoInstead of cars driven by assholes, we have to worry about cars programmed by assholes.
- TeMPOraL 9y agoAnd given that a single asshole can drive only one car at a time, but can program a million cars, and given this is Uber we're talking about, I'm worried too.
- srj 9y agoI've had this happen to me so many times. It's insane that driving laws aren't strict in proportion to how much damage an irresponsible driver can inflict.
- swiley 9y agoI don't know if that's better than what happened to me: she just screamed and threw her hands up while I jumped out of the way.
- TheCoelacanth 9y agoNeither is exactly confidence inducing, but I'm pretty sure the one who deliberately endangered another person's life to save a few seconds is worse.
- empath75 9y agoI believe it about google. I don’t trust uber at all. Or Tesla for that matter.
- oldgradstudent 9y agoWhy do you believe that about Waymo? We have no information at all about the progress Waymo is making. All we've seen so far are a few videos produced by for PR under highly controlled conditions. There's basically zero transparency here.