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by prolly_a_moron 3379 days ago
>Autonomous vehicles will have challenges that human drivers do not

Wait a minute: I don't think the argument is whether machines can drive better than humans. It's whether these companies that are desperate to make money (Uber, Tesla) are pushing potentially dangerous technology on to society before it's ready.
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hijra 3379 days ago
The argument should be whether autonomous cars from Uber can drive better than humans.

Because if the answer is yes we should get the dangerous technology off the roads ASAP -- namely humans.

It's a good question whether society is ready to accept this, though.

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falcolas 3379 days ago
> The argument should be whether autonomous cars from Uber can drive better than humans.

How much better? 1% over median? That means it's still worse than 49% of the drivers on the road. Statistically, the automated driver would be "better" for society at large, but it's still going to cause a lot of accidents and kill a lot of people.

I also wonder if there might be even more accidents with an automated system which is still in the fat portion of the bell curve, since there will be no "good" drivers to reduce conditions ripe for an accident in the first place.

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prolly_a_moron 3379 days ago
>It's a good question whether society is ready to accept this, though.

Hah, "it" being ready as in the technology, not society. Poor writing on my part.

But I guess either works.

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