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Re:Raspberry Pi Lidar Scanner by fragmede on Saturday April 19, 2025 @05:35PM (#43739651)
What is the cost of a human life worth?

edit: seriously, a $4,000 sensor and an extra, say, $3,000 for an upgraded computer module so your car can drive itself is just too much too afford?

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Re:Raspberry Pi Lidar Scanner by rogerrogerr on Saturday April 19, 2025 @06:10PM (#43739885)
Valuation of a statistical life is $5-10M, depending on who you ask[0].

So it’s too much to afford, or at least not singularly justifiable, unless more than 1 out of every 2000 cars kills someone in a way that would be prevented by LIDAR.

0: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S109830152...

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