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>It’s appropriate to criticize Waymo and Cruise for incidents like this, but we should also maintain a sense of perspective. While these incidents were undoubte
by noobermin 3y ago
>It’s appropriate to criticize Waymo and Cruise for incidents like this, but we should also maintain a sense of perspective. While these incidents were undoubtedly frustrating for everyone involved, they don’t seem to have posed a serious danger. Incidents like this help the companies learn and improve their technology.
Well officer, I'm sorry I ran through yellow tape and killed a paramedic responding to the crash scene, but have some perspective. I've now learned not to do that, incidents like this help me improve my driving ability.
- HyperSane 3y agoNo one was killed.
- sorokod 3y agoFrom the article On March 18, 2018, a prototype Uber self-driving car slammed into Elaine Herzberg as she walked her bike across a road in Tempe, Arizona. First and foremost, Herzberg’s death was a tragedy for her family.
- noobermin 3y agoThis is hyperbole, yes, I'm not parodying the actual incident but the attitude. Anyhow, crossing yellow lines isn't okay for that reason in particular, it's to keep first responders safe. The incidents listed should be just seen as failures which developers need rectify, not as a "learning experience" the public needs perspective on. The learning experiences should have happened in their controlled testing, not on the road. I will say that generally in life, when you fail, even spectacularly; sure, you can tell yourself it was a learning experience to keep your mind sane. You do have to be careful saying such things to others judging you as if to ward them off because it comes across as cheapening the fault, or even faulting them for judging you (the lacking "perspective" bit). The best you can do is apologize, admit fault, and then assure them you'll do better in the future.