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You’re going to compare self-driving cars to drunk drivers so you can grade them on a curve? If you’re drunk you’re going to have pay for a ride either by a pe

You’re going to compare self-driving cars to drunk drivers so you can grade them on a curve? If you’re drunk you’re going to have pay for a ride either by a person or possible by program or you can break the law. I don’t see anyone who was going to drive drunk not do it because they could pay for a robot taxi over a real taxi. Here’s my comparison. If your self-driving car kills or maims someone in a situation where a normal sober person driving wouldn’t have it shouldn’t be on the road.

janosett 3y ago
> If your self-driving car kills or maims someone in a situation where a normal sober person driving wouldn’t have What if it does this while also _not_ killing/harming in many other situations where a human would have?
wernercd 3y ago
Drunk driving was one of many examples and one of many reasons people die driving. Did you not notice I also mentioned teen drivers (inexperienced drivers). And the full numbers of people killed by drivers - NOT just drunk drivers? "if your thing makes a mistake it shouldn't be on the road" yet the roads are full of people that make mistakes. (Hint: thousands of them die every year learning. See above about kids dying each yar). So you'll focus on one of many reasons to sidestep the question (bias of some sort?) so I'll say it again: At some point computers will be smart enough, fast enough and safe enough to do a better job at driving than people. Mistakes will be made but - like drunk drivers - humans make mistakes too. So if we can move to a safer way... why wouldn't we? Why are you willing to sacrifice thousands of kids lives if we can eventually progress to a better and safer option?