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Its going to be a tradeoff that current USA safety first culture is ill prepared to deal with appropriately. ~30,000 people die and massive injuries and propert
by njarboe 5y ago
Its going to be a tradeoff that current USA safety first culture is ill prepared to deal with appropriately. ~30,000 people die and massive injuries and property damage happen each year in the USA. How many people's deaths should we accept as a society to reduce those numbers by, say, two orders of magnitudes? 1,10,100,1000,10000? I hope we don't choose not to develop this tech just because automatic cars will kill 100's of people per year but save ten of thousands also.
A million people are killed on the roads yearly world wide. How many deaths would you accept to reduce that to 10,000/year?
- croes 5y agoIf a human driver kills somebody in an accident, he is responsible. Who is if the drives autonomous? I guess still the driver but he wouldn't feel responsible or he would never active autonomous driving.
- burnished 5y agoIncorrect. I've had the chance to use it. I'd take responsibility, in the same way I must whenever I operate a vehicle. They are good systems and frankly already handle a lot of tasks better than people - like driving at 50+MPH on busy highways, because they don't get bored, tired, or angry.
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- bambax 5y ago> How many deaths would you accept to reduce that to 10,000/year? Zero.
- stefan_ 5y agoWhat "USA safety first culture"? If you kill someone with your car today, mostly nothing happens. The system is supremely setup to excuse even the most negligent, reckless behavior as long as it happens in a car. (Any car! Bought a huge, pointless truck with impossible sight lines? No problem!) As it stands, being able to blame Autopilot has a great chance of improving the system. What do you think happens when the Tesla Autopilot has one of its predictable jerks and maims a pedestrian? YouTube is full with documentation of just these kinda problems, and suing Tesla in civil court promises a lot more cash than some random deadbeat.