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I'm not sure about that. Even if the accident rate is half, that's still an immense gain - over 10,000 lives saved each year in the US. Even if it's equal (or s
by manfredo 6y ago
I'm not sure about that. Even if the accident rate is half, that's still an immense gain - over 10,000 lives saved each year in the US. Even if it's equal (or slightly greater than equal), the productivity boost would be substantial. Do we really think that people with hour+ long commutes would reject a self driving car with half the accident rate of a human driver?
- Avicebron 6y agoI don't know, probably not, but to your point about people's fear being irrational, I can see people strongly rejecting the idea of dying to a software glitch they don't understand.
- tjoff 6y agoAbsolutely. Most accidents occur when people are distracted, doing stupid things and at the same being sleep deprived and looking on the phone. Imagine only producing accident rates twice as good as that, what a nightmare.