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It is different, because they are testing untested algorithms that have unknown risks and failure modes.
by kcanini 9y ago
It is different, because they are testing untested algorithms that have unknown risks and failure modes.
- monkeynotes 9y agoThe software and hardware has been extensively tested on test tracks, they built a whole fake road system in Pittsburgh[1]. Even drug companies can't know what they don't know and end up killing people with extensively tested drugs. Airplanes fall out of the sky because of unknown bugs that simply cannot be reasonably tested for. Human progress relies on taking mitigated risks. [1] http://www.businessinsider.com/ubers-fake-city-pittsburgh-self-driving-cars-2017-10 http://www.businessinsider.com/ubers-fake-city-pittsburgh-se...
- decacorn 9y agoPer BI: "The fake city has a giant roundabout, fake cars, and roaming mannequins that jump out into the street without warning." Guess they tested but didn't validate. (They've failed miserably in reality.)
- Consultant32452 9y agoRandom untested people without driver's licenses and people who no longer possess the faculties to drive safely are on the road all the time. You're being hyperbolic.
- gambiting 9y agoThe difference is obviously that those people break the law, so it's already regulated against.