Re:Toyota executive: Self-driving cars could kill 100s but s...
by dramaking on Thursday March 29, 2018 @09:36PM
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What would cyclists and pedestrians fear more? Drivers behind the wheel or AI behind the wheel?
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Re:Toyota executive: Self-driving cars could kill 100s but s...
by mc32 on Friday March 30, 2018 @12:19AM
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I would prefer whatever is more predictable. My feeling is autonomous vehicles will be more predictable, therefore, so long as I as cyclist obey the rules of the roads, as I expect autonomous vehicles to do exceedingly well, then can expect to have fewer deviations from expectations when interacting with autonomous vehicles on the roads. Win-win!
Re:Toyota executive: Self-driving cars could kill 100s but s...
by mkempe on Friday March 30, 2018 @12:23PM
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Also, with autonomous vehicles it is possible to develop a standardized collision-avoidance protocol involving emitting beacons for e.g. bicycles. Your insurance company would want you to have that integrated in the bike.
Re:Toyota executive: Self-driving cars could kill 100s but s...
by mkempe on Thursday March 29, 2018 @10:21PM
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It's interesting that the issue becomes one of picking the lesser evil, isn't it. I'm a perfectionist, in the sense that I think we can always do better, but there is a cost to that, too, so I don't continue forever on a path of improvement (which makes for straight roads, as William Blake pointed out).