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by mminer237 1039 days ago
I'm not saying this is damning evidence, but how many human drivers are on the road versus AI? A quick Google search says there are 300 Cruise vehicles operating at night currently. I am confident I could survey 10 times that many taxi drivers and not find a single one who has accidentally driven into wet concrete.
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The problem with that analysis is that "driving into wet concrete" is not even in the top 1000 problems affecting road users.

It is non-fatal for starters, which makes it in a separate category completely from the worst idk ~200 or so problems on roadways.

Ask how many of those taxi drivers how many have interacted with their smartphone while driving, and you will find that 100% of them have been part of a common roadway problem that leads to fatalities.

That's the difficulty with n=1

Was this a freak accident, or indicative of expected performance.

I guess we'll only find out if more Cruise cars turn themselves into modern art.

True, but presumably Cruise can fix this issue. Can we fix human drivers?