NHTSA’s full investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot shows 40% crash rate reduction

Re:NHTSA’s full investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot shows 4... by loup-vaillant on Friday January 20, 2017 @09:49AM (#13444128)

Step 1: don't recall the robot surgeon. While it does have a fatal bug, recalling eat would kill 79% more patients. Oops.

Step 2: Correct the bug, so the robot stops killing patients.

The Tesla autopilot may be in a similar situation. Even if there is a number of fatality inducing bugs, disabling it would be even worse. That said, 40% crash reduction is not enough. I want to see 75%, 90%, and more.

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Re:NHTSA’s full investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot shows 4... by Piskvorrr on Friday January 20, 2017 @10:11AM (#13444315)

You are omitting the PR angle: "I DON'T CARE THAT FAR MORE PEOPLE WOULD DIE OTHERWISE - BAN KILLER ROBOTS NOW!!!!"

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Re:NHTSA’s full investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot shows 4... by loup-vaillant on Friday January 20, 2017 @06:46PM (#13447879)

That one is easily dealt with: "Our robot surgeon reduces the fatality rate by 98.5%. Our study of the remaining fatalities suggest we can reduce them further. We hope to reach near-zero fatality rate within the year.

Don't even speak of the bug. Just state what matters: this stuff is better than what we had before, and it can (and will) be even better. This may prevent talks about killer robots.

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