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> You're comparing _continuous_ operation with the aggregate of the average human's bouts of driving. I don't understand what you mean. I'm comparing actual ti
by ars 5y ago
> You're comparing _continuous_ operation with the aggregate of the average human's bouts of driving.
I don't understand what you mean. I'm comparing actual time behind the wheel - hours of correct driving vs hours (well minutes) of incorrect driving.
Do the math yourself, take total hours behind the wheel and divide by the accident rate, like I did. You'll get the same results. Depending on your assumptions anywhere from 99.999 to 99.99999% correct driving by humans.
> Even robotaxis aren't going to run constantly.
Again, I'm not comparing constantly, I'm comparing actual hours behind the wheel.
- iso1210 5y ago84 billion hours of driving[0] for 35,485 deaths[1]. That's one death per 2.4 million hours, so that's an indicator of the magnitude that's needed before even talking about it. That number also means no situations where the computer gives up and hands control back to the driver. If autonomous cars can never hand back (at most stopping legally, safely and out of traffic) and cause 1 death per 10 million hours, that would seem about right. [0] https://www.volpe.dot.gov/news/how-much-time-do-americans-spend-behind-wheel https://www.volpe.dot.gov/news/how-much-time-do-americans-sp... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_vehicle_fatality_rate_in_U.S._by_year https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_vehicle_fatality_rate_in...
- wutbrodo 5y agoIs this not a reference to uptime (as in servers)? > We can't can't even keep a computer up and running that well That's the comparison that I quoted in my comment and that I was responding to. You're comparing continuous uptime to humans' disconnected (and brief) bouts of driving.