i mean, there's a need like "the car needs to know what is ahead and to the right"
There is basically a formula for acceptable risk. Deaths get over X threshold, people get uncomfortable. Simple as that.
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driverless cars will cause new classes of accidents that don't exist today is what upsets me
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i can't sign on to a world where someone watches helplessly as their car plows into a truck because oops sensor died
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human error can conceivably be corrected. it's the fault of the driver, and drivers can act in their own interest.
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computer errors will be answered with "well it's a computer what did you expect" and deaths will continue
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What worries me is the lack of liability, and how that will affect our restorative structures: e.g. insurance payouts
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"you didn't have the firmware update from this morning so this is actually your fault. we're not covering your ICU stay"
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"you didn't pull over every hour to clean your fender cameras. we're not covering your ICU stay."
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oh well i guess car insurance itself doesn't cover medical bills but you get my meaning
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