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You can always design something to be better but part of interacting with a machine is not assuming that it will do the safe thing 100% of the time and acting a
by twayt 4y ago
You can always design something to be better but part of interacting with a machine is not assuming that it will do the safe thing 100% of the time and acting appropriately.
If you're driving a car and it hydroplanes, is it the car's fault for losing traction? No, you should have been aware that it was a risk you were exposed to the moment you stepped into the car.
Can you design a car that is less likely to hydroplane? Sure, but there's always going to be an edge case it can't handle perfectly.
- ClumsyPilot 4y agothat's not how the law works, if you are controlling a car and hydroplane into a child, you are going to prison.
- bagels 4y agoBad example. Automobile drivers usually don't face serious charges for killing pedestrians unless drunk.
- ClumsyPilot 4y agoVaries by country. In Uk we convicted a cyclist for ‘wanton and furious driving' when he hit some old lady crossing the road, fatally. I am reasonably certain that if your car flew into the sidewalk and killed pedestrains, you would be in serious trouble.
- lostapathy 4y agoIronically, if this industrial robot were used in actual industry, it would have barriers in place to keep people out of this dangerous zone. Even there were adults are trained to work with it, we require safety rather and don’t blame the victim.