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zephorah@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Molecular5869@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I get that you’re scared about multi ton vehicles running without a human. But self driving can and actually be safer than human drivers sometimes. Yes, self driving vehicles can cause devistating accidents in situations where a human driver would have handled the situation much better. Sometimes they can just bug out, which seems particularly dangerous, but we also need to consider who they’re replacing: Humans. Humans get tired, Humans text & drive, Humans blink, Humans Yawn, Humans do drugs, Humans sometimes just don’t pay attention. Because machines don’t have any of these factors, they can statistically be much safer, of course assuming the technology is ripe enough and thoroughly tested before it’s used.

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  • futatorius@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Also assuming those human errors don’t bring them into contact with a driverless truck hurtling along at 70 mph.

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  • technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Ok, elmo.

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