Re:Let’s Talk About Self-Driving Cars
by bsder on Tuesday January 10, 2017 @05:38PM
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> Really? So easy to think of scenarios where there _is_ no safe answer.
Then the human is no better or worse, no?
One of the improvements is that an autonomous car will avoid getting into a situation it can't dig itself out of. And, at times, it will detect those situations long before a human will.
My favorite counterexample for people like you is driving in Southern California in the rain. An autonomous car NOW is probably better than 25-30% of the drivers on the road in that situation.
Then the human is no better or worse, no?
One of the improvements is that an autonomous car will avoid getting into a situation it can't dig itself out of. And, at times, it will detect those situations long before a human will.
My favorite counterexample for people like you is driving in Southern California in the rain. An autonomous car NOW is probably better than 25-30% of the drivers on the road in that situation.