I've said this many times - AP/FSD Beta will cause accidents, and it will kill people. People need to accept that. The point is that it should cause LESS accidents and kill LESS people than humans do. Last year 42,000 people died in car crashes in the US. If we can save any of those people by using ADAS systems, it's worth it.
The issue is human nature. Why is it more acceptable to us if another human kills a friend or loved one in a car accident vs a computer killing them? We want computer systems to be infallible and cause 0 accidents, but that's not reasonable.
Agreed!
Why is it more acceptable? Blame (putting the shrink hat on)
For some reason, society has to have someone to blame when bad things happen.
So if another human was driving, they can be blamed. If no one is driving, they'll go after the manufacturer.
Our litigious society thinks there always has to be some entity held accountable.
Truth is, progress is bumpy. Can't make an omelet... as they say. AP/FDS will save far more lives than it costs, and will only get better over time. So the real question is, what's that threshold where the deaths are the acceptable amount? If we're expecting perfection, then it will never be a reality. But if we can quantify (very difficult) saved lives vs caused deaths, where is the line drawn? Is it 50/50? 80/20?99/1?
42k died last year? I would assume with the number of new cars on the road every year, that number trends upward?
Here's a quick example estimation/ thought experiment:
If EV's with AP/FSD were to reach 10% of all cars on the road next year, and there was a 9% drop in fatal car accidents, meaning, out of 42k deaths the previous year, 3780 less deaths.
Are we to focus on the 420 EV-related deaths, or focus on the 3780 less deaths there were overall?
And this assumes that as the EV's on the road each year rises, the deaths will continue to go down as well.
So yes, I agree all lives are important. But do we just stop trying to progress this technology just because it's not perfect?
And keep in mind, anyone driving an EV has chosen to do so. Which, to me, means they should share some responsibility if they choose to use AP/FSD. (causing deaths of others not making that choice is another discussion)
The reality is, accidents happen. Sometimes there is no one to blame.
It's scientific randomness. But our overly religious society thinks someone is always in control of everything. Ludicrous.
It's a plague on the human psyche.
I'm not trying to bash spiritual folks, just stating the base issue regarding this thread. It goes back that far. Many people can't live with the reality that life is random, and have to feel comfort from thinking someone/something else is in control, and the bad things that happen must be for a reason. They aren't. It's just random life.
All the hate in this world comes back to that. People feel cheated or jealous that other's lives seem better than theirs. No matter how different we think we are, we're really all pretty similar if beliefs and prejudices are put aside.
Enjoy the time you have here, love your family, treat people with respect, and everyone can get along and prosper, whatever that looks like to each of us.