Re:Uber Neglected Simulation Testing on Self-Driving Cars, I...
by beat on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @03:45PM
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I'm not doing math at all, except to say that all the people saying "fatalities per mile" and pointing to the Uber accident are misusing math.
I don't believe the Uber accident applies, because it was caused by human error, not the driving automation. The emergency braking was deliberately disabled (it would have prevented the accident), the detection system was not programmed to inform the driver, and the driver was not paying attention. If the Uber accident is disregarded, then we're at 0 fatalities, or infinitely perfect automated driving. Which is, of course, BS. But it's as rational as the argument others are making.
Given the inadequate data set, I'm relying on inference, not experience.
I don't believe the Uber accident applies, because it was caused by human error, not the driving automation. The emergency braking was deliberately disabled (it would have prevented the accident), the detection system was not programmed to inform the driver, and the driver was not paying attention. If the Uber accident is disregarded, then we're at 0 fatalities, or infinitely perfect automated driving. Which is, of course, BS. But it's as rational as the argument others are making.
Given the inadequate data set, I'm relying on inference, not experience.