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Industrial automation that runs the world at large in thousands of ways isn't 100% safe under normal circumstances, much less "all" and yet we have almost entir
by netflixandkill 6y ago
Industrial automation that runs the world at large in thousands of ways isn't 100% safe under normal circumstances, much less "all" and yet we have almost entirely automated elevators, high voltage relays, medical equipment, nuclear reactors, autopiloted airplanes, and gas powered furnaces, to name just a few.
Most of this automation operates under certain assumptions about its environment and in some cases shuts itself down in a controlled fashion to fail safe in ways that may not be available to cars on roads, but these are not new ethical dilemmas.
But to pick just one example, automated saw stops and controllers aren't 100% effective at preventing injuries, but they're still a huge safety improvement over the human population at large just winging it.