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> given we have cars on the road now delivering passengers No we don't, only local roads, not fare-paying passengers on freeways, not in NorCal. In Phoenix AZ
by smcin 2y ago
> given we have cars on the road now delivering passengers
No we don't, only local roads, not fare-paying passengers on freeways, not in NorCal. In Phoenix AZ they are still testing self-driving on the freeway on employees, not fare-paying passengers on freeway.
Wait until you see self-driving taxis on freeway and to/from airports, with fee-paying passengers, in traffic, in bad weather, at night. See how many accidents there are per million miles. Then the discussion moves to "How many accidents/fatalities are acceptable per million passenger-miles?"
- jillesvangurp 2y ago> See how many accidents there are per million miles. It's hard to do worse than human drivers on that front. Especially under the circumstances you mention.
- acdha 2y agoDon’t we need data before we can say that? Human drivers are pretty bad but self-driving software is hard to compare appropriately since you can’t just use national averages which include conditions the self-driving systems don’t support.