As the other guy said. Demanding perfection is insane - we don’t demand that from human drivers either. As long as it’s better than humans (preferably by a long shot), I’m all in favour.
We don’t even know if they are better than humans in an actual driving environment that is more challenging higher speed roads etc…
It is insane to think the slow speed tests are representative of the entire possible scenarios. Or they might fail in driving in things like roundabouts or merging into motorways much more often than humans or who knows what edge cases.
I agree. That will need to be proven. But when they are better than, say 90% of all drivers, it would make sense to switch. Waiting until they’re “perfect” (which is the requirement I object to), is just wasting needless lives.
Depends on what happens when they make errors. Is it comparable to human errors or are they prone to making worse mistakes than humans on average in terms of the conseguences.
They might be 99.99% perfect but in 0.01% of cases cause massive car pileups in motorways (for example) due to reasons.
A proper risk analysis based on a controlled transition would be better to be done first.
Yups, fully agreed.
When it all comes down to I’d much rather have the mass pileup you describe once every few years (which can then be analysed and remedied due to the telemetry involved), than the over 3000 traffic deaths a day we have now.
Yeah, legislation and requirements for a self driving to be allowed on the road will have to be updated. But an automated car can’t drink and drive, or make the intentional decision to run someone over because they hate them. I don’t see how vehicular homicide would apply.
If somebody reprograms a car to murder someone, they are at fault. In all other cases - accidents - the insurance would have to shift from the driver to the car creator.
chakan2@lemmy.world 1 year ago
We demand perfection in a lot of fields, and we are a hell of a lot closer to it than the wild west of AI alphas we have driving around.
Aviation, Medical, Space Travel…etc…
We can get to extreme levels of quality when lives are at risk…and Driverless cars put lives at risk.
admin@lemmy.my-box.dev 1 year ago
None of those fields have achieved perfection. Airplanes crash, people die in hospitals and space shuttles. If anything, computer assistance has managed to make those safer than before.
If (when) robotcars are safer than human drivers, less people will die in traffic accidents. It’s not a perfect bar to settle on, but it’s better then the current standard.
Again, denying improvements, because it’s less than perfect is just insane.
chakan2@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Denying “improvements” that cost innocent bystanders their life is the only responsible choice.
I was game for the great experiment 10 years ago. But the tech just hasn’t gotten better, and arguably is worse today.
It’s time to say enough is enough and restrict driverless tech to controlled areas.
Being simply better than the average human isn’t enough here.
admin@lemmy.my-box.dev 1 year ago
I never said better than the average driver, I said better than human drivers (preferably by a long shot).
So let’s say that means… Better than 90% of all drivers. That isn’t going to cost lives, it’s going to save them. Not to mention improve traffic flow.