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Re:Uber’s self-driving car could not detect pedestrians outs... by roenxi on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @10:29PM (#21470146)
Air travel is the safest form of transport we have. Perfection is impossible, but air safety is pretty close. They didn't get there by getting outraged every time an aeronautical engineer made a mistake; they got there because every time there was a crash they gathered data, thought carefully and made changes.

There is no call to get riled up because Uber as a corporate entity let a mistake slip through. The justice system will come up with something that is fair enough and we will all be better off for the engineering learnings. This is young technology, which is different from aircraft.

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Re:Uber’s self-driving car could not detect pedestrians outs... by TheSpiceIsLife on Thursday November 07, 2019 @06:57PM (#21478752)
> Perfection is impossible, but air safety is pretty close.

Intentionally programming a system to ignore object history each time reclassification happens seems like a glaring oversight.

Sitting behind the wheel as a test driver using your phone seems like a glaring oversight.

I’ll continue with my rile until change occurs, cheers.

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