Re:On Robots Killing People
by dfxm12 on Tuesday September 12, 2023 @08:40AM
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What's the meaningful distinction between the robot ignoring or missing relevant information? We're not in a court of law trying to suss out intent or lay blame on a specific entity. The essay is about robots killing people, and supposing this will continue without government regulation. The people are killed either way...
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Re:On Robots Killing People
by NikolaNovak on Tuesday September 12, 2023 @08:42AM
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We can't address and fix a problem if we fundamentally misunderstand it.
The irony is that we're in this problem in the first place because people are releasing problematic tech before it is understood in the first place. Humanity at large shouldn't be part of the experimentation process, and the essay is arguing that we need tighter regulations around that.
The essay suggests "Any regulation of industrial robots stems from existing industrial regulation, which has been evolving for many decades" & that regulations need to be clear about other robots as well. Interestingly enough, if we applied existing regulations to Tesla's Autopilot as we would to a driver who racked up as many fatalities and crashes (736 crashes and 17 deaths in the U.S. since 2019 [0]), they'd be behind bars long ago, let alone never able to drive again.
0 - https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a44185487/report-tesla-aut...