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Men Harassed A Woman In A Driverless Waymo, Trapping Her In Traffic (www.404media.co)

submitted 1 month ago by some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Skates@feddit.nl 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

This will never be the case. Because nobody will buy an overpriced "yo, if there's ever any doubt about, like, anything - just put a bullet in my head" machine. So nobody will sell it.

Face it - you have the same thousands of pounds of metal today, and you're the only one making decisions. You (drivers, as a community) have killed before, for selfish reasons: because you don't want to die is the least selfish of them. Other hits include "didn't wanna not get drunk with the homies", "I really needed to answer that text" and "I have 10 minutes till home but the game starts in 5, it's my favorite team, I can make it". And you somehow seem to want non-drivers (passengers of AI cars) to have the same expectation that they will be a victim even when they get a car?

Drivers are so self-centered it's goddamn ridiculous.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 2 points 1 month ago

I'm talking about pedestrians, not other drivers.

If autonomous vehicles can't be trusted not to run people over, then they shouldn't be allowed to go above like 20mph in a built up area where there's likely to be people walking about. And frankly neither should human drivers, but good luck not getting them to call it a "war on motorists" if you try.

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ah yes, drivers are self-centered for checks notes not wanting pedestrians to be hit by self-driving cars

[–] Skates@feddit.nl 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Nah man. I'll rephrase:

Drivers are self-centered because:

they are one of the leading causes of death, and they convinced the world their convenience is worth it
they believe that they literally know better than AI and are better suited to have power over life and death
they're out here tryna say passengers of AI cars should sign up to die automatically, when drivers are actually the ones who are today responsible for all deaths by car

I made it easier to understand, hope it helps.

[–] michaelmrose@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

At present most drivers do know better than most driving AIs