Re:Tesla's self driving algorithm's overlay [video]
by NobodyNada on Monday February 03, 2020 @05:43PM
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But that’s a sample size of one, so we can’t really draw any meaningful conclusions from that data. (Also the safety driver was watching Netflix on her phone; it could be argued that the vehicle was not production-ready and not expected or intended to be able to handle every situation.)
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Re:Tesla's self driving algorithm's overlay [video]
by slavik81 on Monday February 03, 2020 @07:37PM
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Let's say everyone replaced their current cars with self-driving vehicles and they never killed anyone ever again. If normal vehicle usage continued and fifty years passed without a single traffic death, your claim suggests we'd still be unable to say if self-driving cars were safer, as it would still be a sample size of one.
I don't think your use of statistics is correct.
Re:Tesla's self driving algorithm's overlay [video]
by scrozier on Monday February 03, 2020 @06:02PM
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I'm not sure that sample size is a relevant idea here, but it's certainly misleading as you state it. One accident in many billions of miles would be a wonderful result, but you would dismiss it as a sample size of one.