10-13-2015, 05:55 PM
(10-13-2015, 05:25 PM)Canard Wrote: I would counter-pose the question: why do people automatically assume automation is less safe, when quite the opposite is true?
I wonder this myself. I've spoken with many people who claim to believe that a computer will "never" be able to predict whether the child on the sidewalk is going to jump out in front of the car, or any other number of examples of situations they mistakenly feel humans are uniquely good at. I can't understand how they reach this conclusion, especially given the carnage that human beings behind the wheels of cars routinely cause.
It probably doesn't help to tell these people that, given an alternative, human beings shouldn't be trusted to operate cars...but, really, that's the case: there's every reason to believe automated vehicles will operate much more safely.