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No, "the ledger" should record actual facts, and not whatever fictional alternatives we imagine.
by boothby 8mo ago
No, "the ledger" should record actual facts, and not whatever fictional alternatives we imagine.
- direwolf20 8mo agoFact: This child's life was saved by the car being driven by a computer program instead of a human.
- NoGravitas 8mo agoInstead of a human who was driving exactly the same as the Waymo up until the instant the child ran out. Important distinction.
- boothby 8mo agoNo, the fact is that the child sustained minor injuries. And, fact: no human driver made the decision to drive a vehicle in that exact position and velocity. Imagining a human-driven vehicle in the same place is certainly valid, but your imagination is not fact. I imagine that the kid would be better off if no vehicle was there. But that's not a fact, that's an interpretation -- perhaps the kid would have ended up dead under an entirely different tire if they hadn't been hit by the waymo!
- direwolf20 8mo agoThis is a good point. Cars should be banned near schools. That is a logical conclusion given the facts.
- Aloisius 8mo agoConsidering school buses kill children every year, do we ban them near schools as well?
- direwolf20 8mo agoThat is not a logical conclusion given the facts.