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> In safe driving failures are uncorrelated and safety procedures generalise. We do not yet know if, say, using self-driving very widely will lead to conditions
by ogogmad 2y ago
> In safe driving failures are uncorrelated and safety procedures generalise. We do not yet know if, say, using self-driving very widely will lead to conditions in which "in a few incidents" more people are killed in those incidents than were ever hypothetically saved.
Can you provide some examples of what you mean?
- im3w1l 2y agoVolcanic eruption filling the atmosphere with ash. Acts of war or terrorism. Could be physical or cyberattack.
- ogogmad 2y agoThe only way for this to cause tens of thousands of death by self-driving alone is for people to suddenly need to drive the cars themselves, and not being able to do it well. Unless I'm missing something.
- im3w1l 2y agoThe system could go haywire and crash in such unexpected circumstances. They might also not. It's hard to know how they will behave.