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Bothersome Bystanders and Self Driving Cars – Rodney Brooks

8 pointsby ehudlaalmost 7 years ago

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mc32almost 7 years ago
&gt;Drive.AI founder Andrew Ng... &quot;In other words, we can make roads safe for the cars instead of the other way around.&quot;<p>Yes, sure. People should not &quot;provoke&quot; these cars on purpose (although you know malicious intent will come ala Russian car insurance scams) but you have to think of all the unpredictable edge cases: drunks, kids, people who get pushed, fall, etc. It&#x27;s impossible for them to &quot;act nice&quot; even if they wanted to.<p>That said, this is better suited for scenarios where predictable routes are the norm, for example, campuses and the like. Still, it puts the onus on people.