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Re:For AI to thrive, it must explain itself by mseebach on Sunday February 18, 2018 @12:10PM (#16406972)
Yes, but at least the person bearing the cost is the same that decided to let the AI drive. That doesn't mean what you describe is desirable, but the fall out is rather contained to people who have consented to using the AI. Not so with the examples I listed.
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Re:For AI to thrive, it must explain itself by throwaway2048 on Sunday February 18, 2018 @12:21PM (#16407040)
but you are wrong, there are people who did not consent to using AI being injured in those situations, same as the police/sentencing example you brought up
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Re:For AI to thrive, it must explain itself by twblalock on Sunday February 18, 2018 @03:12PM (#16408165)
What if the AI drove the car into a pedestrian? The pedestrian didn't consent to letting the AI drive.
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Re:For AI to thrive, it must explain itself by mseebach on Sunday February 18, 2018 @04:25PM (#16408796)
It's a spectrum, not black and white. The self driving car is a lot closer to one end, and the other examples are closer to the other. None are perfect examples of the extremities.
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Re:For AI to thrive, it must explain itself by jwatte on Sunday February 18, 2018 @07:17PM (#16409785)
What if a drunk drives the car into a pedestrian? Not much content there, either.
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Re:For AI to thrive, it must explain itself by JumpCrisscross on Sunday February 18, 2018 @09:24PM (#16410324)
> What if a drunk drives the car into a pedestrian?

This is easy to explain. The driver is at fault. Explainability is what we are debating.

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Re:For AI to thrive, it must explain itself by megy on Sunday February 18, 2018 @11:30PM (#16410755)
So the AI is at fault then.
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Re:For AI to thrive, it must explain itself by throwaway2048 on Monday February 19, 2018 @12:27AM (#16410951)
the question becomes what can you >do< about it if you have no understanding of the logic it operates on.
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