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You do realise that 1 million miles is an infinitesimal sample size, right? According to the US DOT, in the past 12 months vehicles have traveled just over 3 t
by fredkbloggs 11y ago
You do realise that 1 million miles is an infinitesimal sample size, right? According to the US DOT, in the past 12 months vehicles have traveled just over 3 trillion miles on US roads[0]. It's also worth mentioning that substantially all of those autonomous miles were on freeways, which also happen to be the safest roads for human drivers. It's simply not possible to draw any meaningful conclusion from such a data point.
[0] http://www.advisorperspectives.com/dshort/updates/DOT-Miles-Traveled.php http://www.advisorperspectives.com/dshort/updates/DOT-Miles-...
- toomuchtodo 11y agoWe don't have to quibble on data points; autonomous vehicles will continue to get better, at a faster rate than humans can get better at driving (or actually, you know, concentrate on it instead of eating, using their cellphone, texting, and so on). Humans aren't obsolete yet, but we're well on our way.
- fredkbloggs 11y agoWe'll have to agree to disagree. You can put your life in the hands of firmware and I can stay home, and we'll see who lives longest.
- toomuchtodo 11y agoI put my life in the hands of firmware every time I fly, at 500mph in commercial aircraft. Hundreds of thousands of miles, seems to have worked fine.