[XAP]Bob wrote:A self driving car doesn’t need to shoulder check - and it doesn’t need to be perfect, just better than the average meatsa I.
Given the current rate of development we will be there fairly soon (not with Uber, but with the actual motor manufacturers, google, Tesla etc.
There are a variety of approaches being taken, and it is possible that by the time my kids need to drive they won’t need to...
I mentioned shoulder check with respect to me cycling, are you now saying we are to have AI cycling us along as well?
It's not about just being better than the average it's as I said an opportunity for self driving vehicles to be as good as the best and most aware AND to give more priority in the way I described that I do to those that are more vulnerable to motor traffic and present potential harm to me.
The nuanced examples imentioned AI is nowhere near and even then it would take a government to make law to do so which they currently could with respect to safety but haven't, not ever so in that respect self driving vehicles would be a failure.
Instead of figuring a better solution like simply eradicating cars and motor vehicles as much as possible, billions is being given/invested to the motor industry so the cycle can continue.
Whilst I'm not opposed to self driving vehicles per-se, the ability and fallibility of them to analyse as much as someone like myself is well short and those programming under weak laws is not going to improve things as much as one belives.
You only need look at current thining that allows the likes of Mercedes to programme their vehicles to sacrifice others(innocent vulnerable road and near road users) to save their vehicles occupents. This is apparently ok with government.