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I agree that it's mostly a theoretical problem. But in the long term, if I imagine a world where we all cars are self driving, there would still be accidents fr
by pikma 8y ago
I agree that it's mostly a theoretical problem. But in the long term, if I imagine a world where we all cars are self driving, there would still be accidents from time to time, for things that can't be predicted: a rock falls on the road, an earthquake happens and destroys the road, etc.
This would be rare, but would still kill a few thousand people every year. Wouldn't it be natural then to tweak the algorithm to reduce the death toll? I can imagine the public demanding it, and the software engineers to start writing code that deals with the rare case where an accident is inevitable. It could start very simple (avoid large groups of people), but could get more advanced over time.