Yesterday, 06:34 AM
Just so we don't get too emotional about this...
At least in RFP, we should compare the safety record of autonomous vehicles compared to the safety record of human-driven vehicles. One type of accident makes the news, while the other is such a regular occurrence people care more about the traffic implications. But yeah, it does trigger an emotional response when someone is killed by a machine. An added benefit of this type of accident, while tragic for the person involved, is that all automated vehicles will learn from it. Whereas in a human situation, maybe one driver learns a lesson from the experience.
The bigger issue with autonomous vehicles is that they can be manipulated - either by hacking, programming interference by a government agency, or by physical environmental changes (you can corral them with traffic cones for example). No one wants to be in a vehicle that is being directed against the passenger's will. There's also the tracking concerns, but that exists these days with or without a robot driver.
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