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> as that's the level of reliability people are expecting from self-driving cars Why do you think this? It makes sense to me intuitively that people would be w
by mandelbrotwurst 6y ago
> as that's the level of reliability people are expecting from self-driving cars
Why do you think this? It makes sense to me intuitively that people would be willing to accept more death causes by other people than more opaque and unfamiliar autonomous systems, but I haven't seen any hard data on this and am curious. Is this mentioned somewhere in the Wikipedia article that you linked or did you just share that to demonstrate the other number you mention?
- pedrocr 6y agoThe Wikipedia article is just for the fatality statistics. The expectation of airliner reliability for self-driving cars is what I get from the discussions around this. Here on HN and in other places. Maybe it will be lower and the uncanny valley will be smaller but I wouldn't bet on it. People are much more afraid of flying than of driving even though driving is much riskier. And that's because you're much more willing to accept risks when you think you're in control of them. Self-driving cars will take that illusion of personal control away.
- mandelbrotwurst 6y agoGotcha, OK. Yeah, I agree with you directionally.