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There's a belief in some circles that because technologies like self-driving have the potential to save lives, any failure to develop that technology as quickly

by Zak 2y ago

There's a belief in some circles that because technologies like self-driving have the potential to save lives, any failure to develop that technology as quickly as possible is akin to manslaughter. I don't think it's a mental illness, just an extreme form of utilitarian ethics combined with an unreasonable faith in the outcome.

LinuxBender 2y ago
That makes sense but I think that if they wish to sacrifice humans in the name of innovation that in theory can save lives, it should be tested in locations where all the humans opted-in to this level of sacrifice. Surely there must be a tech community of people that think like this where such in-production testing can occur. Every port of entry into that zone can have checkpoints requiring vehicles and pedestrians to display an opt-in QR code and some incentive to get them to participate. I know we can't waive negligence but at least we could contain the blast radius to a known zone.