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wnevets on May 28, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: What Self-Driving Cars See

> You can’t afford to miss a single object because that object could be a person.

Humans do all the time and we accept that risk, why are self driving cars held to a higher standard?

D-Coder on May 28, 2017 | [–]

It's an argument, IMHO not a very good one.

It's basically the same as "but they don't cure cancer!" argument.

c22 on May 28, 2017 | [–]

Perhaps because machines can't be held responsible for deaths they've caused. Though labelled 'autonomous' theirs is a somewhat lesser form of autonomy than you or I possess.

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