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Robots have to follow the letter of the law. This is so obvious I don't even know how it can be debated.
by lariati 5y ago
Robots have to follow the letter of the law. This is so obvious I don't even know how it can be debated.
- aeturnum 5y agoIn the immediate, of course you are correct. In the longer term - I suspect we will develop two different sets of laws as we understand what things robots do well and what things they do not. For example: I suspect that robots might be allowed to drive slightly faster on highways because they are better at maintaining the proper following distance, but always drive at the lowest speed limit for roads with variable conditions because they struggle to evaluate the environment.
- bdamm 5y agoIt is neither obvious, nor possible. There are zero real world drivers that actually follow all the laws. Do you think that people are just all bad? Or is there maybe a higher level principle at play here?
- TheCoelacanth 5y agoMost drivers are absolutely terrible. Self-driving cars should not be mimicking them.
- bdamm 5y agoSelf-driving cars should be mimicking only the "best" drivers. If you qualify "best" as something like "lowest lateral g-forces on passengers" then you end up with a very comfortable drive that absolutely breaks laws all over the place and is also safe. So... which would you rather have? A driver that is a delight to experience and does not cause you anxiety, or a driver that strictly follows all laws to the letter but drives like a robot and kind of throws you around?