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from the how-long-could-they-last-in-Boston? dept.
A little while back, I saw the following tweet:
I can print mostly. My wifi works often. The Xbox usually recognises me. Siri sometimes works. But my self driving car will be *perfect*.
The tweet has since been deleted, so I won't name the author, but it's a thought-provoking idea. At first, I agreed with it. I'm a programmer and know full well just how shoddy is 99.9% of the code we all write. The idea that I would put my life in the hands of a coder like myself is a bit worrying.
[...] The reality is that self-driving cars don't need to be perfect. They just need to be better than the alternative: human-driven cars. And that is a much lower bar, as human beings are remarkably bad at driving.
[...] Self-driving cars don't get tired. They don't get drunk. They don't get distracted by friends or a crying baby. They don't look away from the road to send a text message. They don't speed, tailgate, brake too late, forget to show a blinker, drive too fast in bad weather, run red lights, race other cars at red lights, or miss exits. Self-driving cars aren't going to be perfect, but they will be a hell of a lot better than you and me.
Related: The High-Stakes Race to Rid the World of Human Drivers
(Score: 4, Funny) by theluggage on Monday January 04 2016, @11:14AM
e.g. they drive or walk or decorate/paint their cars/walls in a certain legal way and that causes your self-driving car to make mistakes. Then people sue you.
The prosecuting attorney in the long-running Acme vs. Tesla trial died today during a jury visit to Acme's headquarters. He was pointing out the damage caused to the life-size mural of a road tunnel entrance decorating the building's front wall when a heavy vehicle suddenly emerged from the painting and failed to stop. Attempts to re-inflate the attorney with a tyre pump failed. Police are looking for a large flat-bed truck carrying anvils, weights marked '1000 tons' and grand pianos, possibly driven by a rabbit or a duck.