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I mean, this attitude is alright for a dog-walker app. But when Uber (and possibly Tesla) kills a person, it kinda changes the whole conversation, don't you thi
by Balgair 9y ago
I mean, this attitude is alright for a dog-walker app. But when Uber (and possibly Tesla) kills a person, it kinda changes the whole conversation, don't you think?
- nate_meurer 9y agoHow do you mean? How do you think the risks (which are expected given the very high stakes here) should change the parent's perspective?
- Balgair 9y agoLike EVs, yeah great, love it. Great job by the engineers there. Good stuff. But it's the auto-driving that seems to be sub-par thus far. Though the data isn't public (mostly), it seems like the auto-driving software is worse than the average driver. Again, seems.
- AstralStorm 9y agoProbably is really not, just people believe they are better drivers than they really are. It is a well documented Wobegon Lake effect. That said, the failure modes are really different. And technically someone Coyle design a smoke test for self driving cars that would put in some confidence into their abilities. We do that for human drivers, it is called a driving exam. Could be extended as much as we want it.
- Balgair 9y agoUm, no. Uber has to intervene in their self-driving car every 13 miles, on average. And they killed a person at 1/4th the mileage of an average person. Again, it's one data point, but a cause for concern nonetheless. That's not a Keillorism, that's plain bad. I agree that the cars need certs though, each and every one.
- jazzyk 9y agoIt will sound terribly insensitive, but many, many more people die in "regular" car accidents every single day. The number of deaths in envelope-pushing, new tech, accidents, compared to regular traffic deaths, is minuscule.
- Balgair 9y agoI mean, yeah, that's really insensitive. It's not about the number in this situation, it's about the stats. Uber's cars kill at a higher rate than the average driver. Granted, that stat is based on 1 data point, so it's not really a stat at all. Still, like, a ton more testing is obviously needed before these should be allowed anywhere near a school. Like, you wanna test a jet-pack? Be my guest. I'll grab a fire extinguisher when/if it fails. You wanna test a jet-pack near with dog in your arms? Dude, no way.
- SPBS 9y agoBut we don't know how much of that is due to regular cars usage being much larger in volume compared to electric. Only way we'd know is if electric car usage ramps up to comparative levels, which seems quite far away given the current climate
- DrScump 9y agopossibly Tesla) kills a person There's a big difference between "kills a person" and "doesn't always prevent a person from killing himself (and/or others)".