San Francisco raises Tesla 'self-driving' safety concerns as public test nears

Re:San Francisco raises Tesla 'self-driving' safety concerns... by shkkmo on Sunday September 26, 2021 @11:47AM (#28661830)

> If we can't put speed limiters on cars, we definitely shouldn't be putting highly complicated computers in charge with no humans at the wheel.

This argument makes no sense.

How do obvious edgecases invalidating a simple solution have any bearing on the feasibility of a complex solution being able to handle as many edgecases as a human driver?

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:San Francisco raises Tesla 'self-driving' safety concerns... by jazzyjackson on Sunday September 26, 2021 @02:28PM (#28663293)

I think the point is more of a bikeshedding problem: people are more willing to accept “AI” because they are not knowledgeable enough to come up with a counter-example, whereas given a simple automation like “don’t go above the speed limit” any joe on the street can think of why that’s a problem.

But AI is not magic, its just more rules.

[ Parent | on HN ]