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Re:Waymo achieves 92% reduction in bodily injury claims comp... by epolanski on Friday December 20, 2024 @06:01AM (#42470058)
Those are technical not ethical issues.

In any case, the system works fine in Italy, the purpose is only to provide more data in case of collisions.

The idea is that if you're driving legally and you end up in a costly accident you can prove you were driving and acting correctly.

Re:Waymo achieves 92% reduction in bodily injury claims comp... by lucianbr on Friday December 20, 2024 @07:02AM (#42470395)
> Those are technical not ethical issues.

They can be football issues, they're still issues.

> you can prove you were driving and acting correctly

Unless there's a technical issue that makes you either unable to prove it, or makes the data say you were at fault.

Look at the thread about the UK Post Office and how many people were wrongfully convicted based on "technical issues".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Post_Office_scandal

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-56718036

"Just technical issues"