Self-driving Uber car kills Arizona woman crossing street

Re:Self-driving Uber car kills Arizona woman crossing street by emilsedgh on Monday March 19, 2018 @02:47PM (#16621738)

I think the relevant question must be how the technology is going to affect lives.

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Re:Self-driving Uber car kills Arizona woman crossing street by tree_of_item on Monday March 19, 2018 @02:50PM (#16621772)

Okay, and is that not what is being discussed here? I'm just really confused as to what the OP is complaining about.

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Re:Self-driving Uber car kills Arizona woman crossing street by apeace on Monday March 19, 2018 @02:56PM (#16621854)

I think what bothers me is that the whole story gets dismissed by one idea: that this event doesn't matter, it's only the overall statistics that matter.

That this event doesn't necessarily reflect a larger trend is not incorrect--it's just that it's obvious. That self-driving cars could potentially reduce fatalities in the future is not only obvious, it's also somewhat off-topic when the story is that a person just died.

So my question is, when a computer kills a person, can't we do better? Better than stating the obvious, and better than being dismissive.

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