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I usually think about it in the other direction: every time an accident occurs, a human learns something novel (even if it be a newfound appreciation of their o
by shadowgovt 2y ago
I usually think about it in the other direction: every time an accident occurs, a human learns something novel (even if it be a newfound appreciation of their own mortality) that can't be directly transmitted to other humans. Our ability to take collective driving wisdom and dump it into the mind of every learner's-permit-holder is woefully inadequate.
In contrast, every time a flaw is discovered in a self-driving algorithm, the whole fleet of vehicles is one over-the-air update away from getting safer.
- codr7 2y agoAnd it goes the other way too, one crappy update means complete chaos.
- shadowgovt 2y agoThere is already industry best-practice, in and out of self-driving cars, to avoid doing that.
- codr7 2y agoHey, I've written software for a living for 26 years. No best practice in the world is going to stop people from making mistakes.