I’ve experienced way more evidence that human drivers are worst than automomous drivers having nearly been hit while walking, while driving a GEM NEV and while driving a car or truck and the number of red light and stop sign runners is getting crazy. A full level 5 autonomous pilot would be far better in my book.
But I won’t drive my laser without a the driver being present.
“But I won’t drive my laser without a the driver being present.”
ROFLMAO
Beevo
Might want to ask Elaine… at least, posthumously…
That wasn’t even a hardware failure…
It’s a machine and it doesn’t have the redundancy of aircraft… we will see more deaths… it’s a growing technology…
I’m sure once the bugs are worked out of the system, it’s probably as safe as aircraft… look at all the aircraft we’ve lost due to automation… it takes time to figure this stuff out in the real world…
Jack, you do know that they removed the AI from braking and avoidance control before she was struck and killed. So the AI was only providing lane changing and directions but did not have the control to stop the car or even slow it when she was recognized. The driver occupying the driver seat, who was supposed to handle this exact situation, was distracted and only looked up when the AI threw alarms and she reacted way too late so Elaine Herzberg was hit at speed.
So not a good example. There are other examples of where AIs failed and there always will be but humans suck more at driving these days because they no longer care and are more preoccupied with what someone is posting on Twitter. Thousands are killed daily by distracted drivers which AI would prevent most if not all of them. Again, we are not there yet but getting very close to level 5 autonomous capabilities.
If you watched that video, the pedestrian came out of nowhere… even a regular driver wouldn’t have been able to do anything… We were promised a special type of vehicle and the creators/owners turned part of it’s brain off… no disclosure to anyone…
This isn’t the point and you seem to agree… it’s new technology and it has bugs. Might want to compare the number of these on the road compared to a normal car… meaning the statistical information is probably very biased.
I didn’t like fly by wire planes, which are the same things… Now that millions of passengers use them on a daily basis, most of the bugs are worked out… but they still have software failures, such as with the 737 Max…
I now fly with more confidence, since they all are that way… I have no doubt these vehicles will have a better safety record than humans… I also have no doubt that like aircraft, I will have no option other than walking in the future.
Until they have a large number of them out there without problems, just like aircraft, I’ll pass, if I have the option…
I am thankful for people like you. Your participation and confidence is how they figure out and correct the bugs … 
Yes I also have this particular version which I inherited with the machine and it sits at the highest point in my cooling circuit so if I change my water, bubbles tend to appear there once I have got them out of the tube and by inverting the device which is in a bracket above the machine, the bubbles flow into the return and by keeping an eye on it, I am checking for flow, bubbles and ensuring the cooling water is in the operating temperature of 15C to 20C.