An understanding of AI’s limitations is starting to sink in

Re:An understanding of AI’s limitations is starting to sink in by wharfjumper on Monday June 15, 2020 @01:50PM (#23530505)

I don't understand why the goal is to "guarantee safety". It seems to be generally accepted that human error causes approximately 90% of motor vehicle accidents [0]. Surely then the goal of any autonomous or semi-autonomous transport system should be to merely reduce that percentage? If all motor vehicles were "self-driving" and the total number of annual deaths was reduced by one, wouldn't that be a good thing? I would rather reduce my chance of dying early than eliminate the possibility of being killed by a bot.

0. http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/blog/2013/12/human-error-cause-...

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Re:An understanding of AI’s limitations is starting to sink in by joejerryronnie on Monday June 15, 2020 @11:50PM (#23535793)

Because humans are illogical creatures and will ignore objective facts if they believe control (or perceived control) is being taken away from them. The challenges of rolling out true autonomous vehicles are psychological as much as they are technical.

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