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The way I’m reading the PR right now — Cruise damaged the public’s perception of self-driving cars by cover up. Now the ball is on Waymo’s court to over-prove t

by kredd 3y ago

The way I’m reading the PR right now — Cruise damaged the public’s perception of self-driving cars by cover up. Now the ball is on Waymo’s court to over-prove that they’re safe and transparent. Unfortunately this is one of the problems where “vibes over facts” persist. As in, a lot of people will argue that a self-driving car killing 10 people is worse than real people killing 20 people. It’s not that easy to change public’s sentiment, especially when there’s a huge truckloads of money is on the table for multiple industries either to lose or gain at the end.

ramraj07 3y ago
This is like saying a shitty doctor is okay because they kill less people than a faith healer. You have to hold professionals to a higher standard. This is not rocket science.
- seanmcdirmid 3y ago
  A shitty doctor might be ok if your only alternative is a faith healer. It depends on which one has better results (the shitty doctor can have worse results than the placebo faith healer). In some places, this is a real choice to be made, and developed world luxuries of “holding professionals to higher standards” aren’t available.
- kredd 3y ago
  If the choice is solely between a shitty doctor and faith healer (picking none isn’t an option as people have to get from A to B somehow), then you would choose shitty doctor though, no? In the states, I just don’t see any other alternatives for the near future. US is a beast where super majority of people have given up on public transport and infrastructure. Otherwise I would hold the bar higher and look into alternatives.
  - nrdgrrrl 3y ago
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- the8472 3y ago
  Sir, our data analysis shows that you and your family would have been crushed under one of our trucks last month if it hadn't been for its autonomous driving software. Based on your internet commenting history you have expressed a preference to be crushed under the vagaries of human-spectrum incompetence rather than being subjected to soulless, less-than-perfect machine behavior offered by our corporate overlords. We are here to offer you a correction of this regrettable mistake. Could you please call your family and follow us to the flesh compactor? We assure you that it is operated by a real, drunk human.

by kredd 3y ago

ramraj07 3y ago

This is like saying a shitty doctor is okay because they kill less people than a faith healer. You have to hold professionals to a higher standard. This is not rocket science.

seanmcdirmid 3y ago
A shitty doctor might be ok if your only alternative is a faith healer. It depends on which one has better results (the shitty doctor can have worse results than the placebo faith healer). In some places, this is a real choice to be made, and developed world luxuries of “holding professionals to higher standards” aren’t available.
kredd 3y ago
If the choice is solely between a shitty doctor and faith healer (picking none isn’t an option as people have to get from A to B somehow), then you would choose shitty doctor though, no? In the states, I just don’t see any other alternatives for the near future. US is a beast where super majority of people have given up on public transport and infrastructure. Otherwise I would hold the bar higher and look into alternatives.
- nrdgrrrl 3y ago
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the8472 3y ago
Sir, our data analysis shows that you and your family would have been crushed under one of our trucks last month if it hadn't been for its autonomous driving software. Based on your internet commenting history you have expressed a preference to be crushed under the vagaries of human-spectrum incompetence rather than being subjected to soulless, less-than-perfect machine behavior offered by our corporate overlords. We are here to offer you a correction of this regrettable mistake. Could you please call your family and follow us to the flesh compactor? We assure you that it is operated by a real, drunk human.