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I was working at Uber ATG when Elaine Herzberg was killed. They kept the details secret from the other employees, citing fears of "too many cooks". I recall b
by wbxp 6y ago
I was working at Uber ATG when Elaine Herzberg was killed. They kept the details secret from the other employees, citing fears of "too many cooks". I recall being offered grief counseling.
Uber disabled Volvo's automatic emergency braking system, which probably would have saved Elaine, to develop their system on public streets. I left the company and took a pay cut to work on ethical robotics instead.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/pedestrian-in-self-driving-uber-collision-probably-would-have-lived-if-braking-feature-hadnt-been-shut-off-ntsb-finds/2019/11/05/7ec83b9c-ffeb-11e9-9518-1e76abc088b6_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/ped...
- nojvek 6y agoWhoa. They disabled Volvo safety system. That’s nuts. My Toyota 2016 Rav has saved me a couple of times with the auto brakes and loud beeps. It was totally worth the 2k extra for the 7 radars and 6 cameras. I don’t care about L4 self driving. I really care about a car that is resilient to human mistakes and fatigue. Uber failed at that.