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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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