Re:Google says self-driving car hits municipal bus in minor ...
by eru on Tuesday March 01, 2016 @05:17PM
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> They don't need to be perfect, just better than most and you're drastically reducing deaths.
From a utilitarian perspective, they would only need to be better than whoever they are replacing one driver at a time.
From a human-feely point of view, they'll need to be massively better than the best human to stand a chance of adoption.
My guess about AI: for human-suitable tasks the gap between a typical human and the best human is actually not all that great, compared to the difficulty of getting to human-level skill in the first place. So by waiting for surpassing the best human, we don't actually lose too much time.
From a utilitarian perspective, they would only need to be better than whoever they are replacing one driver at a time.
From a human-feely point of view, they'll need to be massively better than the best human to stand a chance of adoption.
My guess about AI: for human-suitable tasks the gap between a typical human and the best human is actually not all that great, compared to the difficulty of getting to human-level skill in the first place. So by waiting for surpassing the best human, we don't actually lose too much time.