Re:7.1M miles, 3 minor injuries: Waymo's safety data looks good
by HALtheWise on Thursday December 21, 2023 @10:56AM
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This seems like an argument that you should be more worried about getting in a Waymo if there is a safety driver than if there isn't. If so, that would definitely be an interesting conclusion.
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Re:7.1M miles, 3 minor injuries: Waymo's safety data looks good
by dataflow on Thursday December 21, 2023 @10:58AM
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Well both would be worrying, maybe one less than the other. Really I'd rather have a safe car where the failure modes are not stupid, so I can stop worrying altogether.
Re:7.1M miles, 3 minor injuries: Waymo's safety data looks good
by solveit on Thursday December 21, 2023 @11:07AM
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Sure, but the failure modes of the traditional human-controlled car are incredibly stupid, we've just gotten used to it.
Re:7.1M miles, 3 minor injuries: Waymo's safety data looks good
by dataflow on Thursday December 21, 2023 @08:44PM
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> the failure modes of the traditional human-controlled car are incredibly stupid, we've just gotten used to it.
This is missing the point. Just because we accommodate certain types of errors by humans, that doesn't mean should or would tolerate them if the same errors were made by machines. (Or vice-versa, for that matter.) The standards we hold machines and humans to can be very different, and that should be expected.