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That number always comes up, and it always needs to be said that a billion miles with driver assist and a billion miles under autopilot are not the same, and it
by DmenshunlAnlsis 8y ago
That number always comes up, and it always needs to be said that a billion miles with driver assist and a billion miles under autopilot are not the same, and it’s a bogus figure. As to better than a human, it needs to be better than the humans who buy luxury sedans, sober, and awake. Better than a random selection of humans in a random selection of cars is no good. Conflating all vehicle deaths is like conflating all gun and knife violence; the average person on the streets of Chicago has far less risk of being shot than someone in a gang, or engaged in the commission of a felony. Yet you can make all of Chicago seem like a war zone by conflating the risks of different populations and dumping the raw statistics.
- Retric 8y ago> sober, and awake See you can try to move the goal post, but as soon as they would be saving lives by taking tired or drunk drivers off the road that's very useful.
- Symmetry 8y agoAs a matter of practical politics, that actually seems to be what the goalposts are. It might be better if things were different but in practice that's the standard a self driving car is going to need to meet to be accepted and allowed on the road.