Cruise testing, I would be uncomfortable

rjstractor wrote:

2oldman wrote:
Human drivers kill thousands every year, but we somehow live with that.

We'll all be dead before this technology really takes hold, so it doesn't matter.

All part of human nature. Yes, human error kills tens of thousands per year, but if self driving cars malfunction and kill 100 per year they will be branded unsafe. Case in point- a software problem with the 737 Max caused two crashes, killing around 350 people. Despite transporting 6.5 million passengers safely in one year, the aircraft is grounded indefinitely.

For some reason we find it acceptable for human error to cause accidents and kill people, but unacceptable for a tech malfunction to cause accidents, even at a much lower rate.

The plane was great until some $9 per hour software was implemented. That's when the problems started and killed a bunch of people. There was no problem with the plane or the pilots. It was the software that caused this accident. And they found more problems with the software today after they were going to release the planes for service. Boeing finds more bogus software in 737 max X.

Who is to say that the same poorly written software for cars won't kill 100,000 per year? Are you willing to play Russian roulette with your family with poorly written $9 / hour software?

Here is what poorly written software will do. Notice that the brake lights were on from A to Z. If you watch the video on this you will notice the car sure does not slow down much if at all.

I'm just glad this was not my 12 year old daughter. :(