Self-driving Uber car kills Arizona woman crossing street

Re:Self-driving Uber car kills Arizona woman crossing street by golergka on Monday March 19, 2018 @01:37PM (#16620699)

Would they do it enough times for such observation to have any statistical significance?

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Re:Self-driving Uber car kills Arizona woman crossing street by recursive on Monday March 19, 2018 @01:43PM (#16620790)

That misses the point. If you designed a bridge, and you died if it failed in one trial, how would this affect your design process?

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Re:Self-driving Uber car kills Arizona woman crossing street by Smushman on Monday March 19, 2018 @03:26PM (#16622180)

I believe this method falls strictly under deterrence.

It is not possible to extract more punishment on an individual than their death, technically, unless you believe in an afterlife.

It is not punitive and meant to 'correct' the builder; it is meant to 'prevent' the builder from cutting corners.

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Re:Self-driving Uber car kills Arizona woman crossing street by emiliobumachar on Monday March 19, 2018 @04:53PM (#16623046)

"It is not possible to extract more punishment on an individual than their death, technically, unless you believe in an afterlife."

Not true at all. Not that I'd recommend it, but there's torture, and punishing family. They were far less outrageous in Ancient times.

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Re:Self-driving Uber car kills Arizona woman crossing street by nkrisc on Monday March 19, 2018 @04:14PM (#16622650)

Likely they were not familiar with the scientific method and statistics as we know it today.

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