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I see a lot of talk about how society will not accept machines that might make mistakes, but I don't think society has actually had a chance to make its opinion
by stubish 7y ago
I see a lot of talk about how society will not accept machines that might make mistakes, but I don't think society has actually had a chance to make its opinions known yet. Society isn't the noisy voices and the click bait headlines, it is people who mostly quickly adapted to elevators and lifts and planes and trains, all of which are vehicles that have killed people while operating autonomously. I expect you will find the same worries about them too if you trawl the newspaper archives.
- cogman10 7y agoYup, I'd say it is more that corporations aren't ready to take the legal risk of SDC. If I get into a car accident, my insurance company gets the fun job of litigating. Either I or the other driver will be found liable. If the car was driving, however, and it makes a mistake then the manufacturer could be held liable. And since car manufacturers have deep pockets, you can bet they'll get sued. This is why manufacturers are pursuing perfection. Not because of a moral obligation, rather, a financial one.
- stubish 7y agoI wonder if the first true autonomous cars will be in Europe or somewhere less litigious, and not in Arizona as most people seem to be expecting. Maybe international European or interstate Australian trucking will be the first success (or not success... )