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Re:Tesla’s Autopilot was engaged when Model 3 crashed into t... by jonny_eh on Thursday May 16, 2019 @01:07PM (#19930785)
The problem is how the cause deaths are perceived. An imperfect (aka "randomly kills you") AI is far scarier than a statistic that people interpret as "x% of bad drivers". Most people think they are better than the average driver. Not to mention that a lot of deaths are due to bad other drivers.

It's why people freak out about terrorism more than they do about car crashes or drug addicition.

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Re:Tesla’s Autopilot was engaged when Model 3 crashed into t... by dsfyu404ed on Thursday May 16, 2019 @01:20PM (#19930899)
Even bad drivers are very, very unlikely to get in any crashes so long as they're not intoxicated or distracted. Most people will probably never get in a crash (that is their fault) in their life.
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