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Re:The Fight for the “Right to Repair” by recursive on Wednesday July 13, 2016 @08:14PM (#12090812)
> No matter what algorithm the self driving car is running, it is going to be 100 times safer than you driving the car.

That seems very suspect.

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Re:The Fight for the “Right to Repair” by stale2002 on Wednesday July 13, 2016 @10:07PM (#12091233)
I think that you highly underestimate how bad humans are at driving.

Being better than a human driver is a very low bar to pass.

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Re:The Fight for the “Right to Repair” by sokoloff on Wednesday July 13, 2016 @10:46PM (#12091351)
Being 100x better than a sober, attentive human is a very high bar to pass.
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Re:The Fight for the “Right to Repair” by sanswork on Thursday July 14, 2016 @12:57AM (#12091710)
You're assuming most drivers on the road are attentive.
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