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Re:George Hotz cancels his Tesla Autopilot-like ‘comma one’ by WhitneyLand on Friday October 28, 2016 @01:55PM (#12818772)
Have you considered your desire for process in context of the Trolly problem? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolley_problem

In other words, is it acceptable to move fast, knowing it will cause deaths, if we could be certain the net lives saved would be greater?

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Re:George Hotz cancels his Tesla Autopilot-like ‘comma one’ by tedunangst on Friday October 28, 2016 @03:42PM (#12819920)
I think it's fair for a regulatory agency to ask a company to at least count how many people are on either track before releasing their product.
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