> don't conclude that humans aren't ready to be driving?
I'm not sure I see anyone here making that conclusion. I think you're the only one who's brought it up.
For one, I personally sure as fuck do not think humans are ready to be driving.
> That's an invalid conclusion to draw from this accident.
The conclusion was not invalid at all. Other self-driving car companies have driven more miles than Uber has and they have done so safely. Uber has even taken its cars off the road, so even Uber agrees that their self-driving cars are not ready for the roads yet.
It is also important to take into account what Uber is like when it comes to safety and responsibility. They have knowingly hired convicted rapists for drivers, they have ridiculed and mocked and attempted to discredit their paying customers who have been raped by their employees/drivers, they have spied on journalists, they have completely disregarded human safety on numerous accounts. A company with a track record like Uber's probably not should be granted a license to experiment with technology like these self-driving cars on public roads.
> I'm not sure I see anyone here making that conclusion. I think you're the only one who's brought it up.
Look at the post I'm responding to, and the section I quoted.
> Uber has even taken its cars off the road, so even Uber agrees that their self-driving cars are not ready for the roads yet.
Uber avoiding a PR nightmare should not be taken as Uber thinking their self-driving cars aren't ready.
> It is also important to take into account what Uber is like when it comes to safety and responsibility. They have knowingly hired convicted rapists for drivers, they have ridiculed and mocked and attempted to discredit their paying customers who have been raped by their employees/drivers, they have spied on journalists, they have completely disregarded human safety on numerous accounts. A company with a track record like Uber's probably not should be granted a license to experiment with technology like these self-driving cars on public roads.
I'm not defending Uber as a whole. I think in general they're a fairly typical rent-seeking middle man whose only real innovation has been figuring out a way to break the law ambiguously enough to get away with it (admittedly, a law I don't agree with). I don't even necessarily think autonomous vehicles are a good thing. I just think that if you're going to criticize autonomous vehicles, safety isn't the criticism I'd level against them, because it's not backed up by the evidence when compared to how unsafe human drivers are.
I'm not sure I see anyone here making that conclusion. I think you're the only one who's brought it up.
For one, I personally sure as fuck do not think humans are ready to be driving.
> That's an invalid conclusion to draw from this accident.
The conclusion was not invalid at all. Other self-driving car companies have driven more miles than Uber has and they have done so safely. Uber has even taken its cars off the road, so even Uber agrees that their self-driving cars are not ready for the roads yet.
It is also important to take into account what Uber is like when it comes to safety and responsibility. They have knowingly hired convicted rapists for drivers, they have ridiculed and mocked and attempted to discredit their paying customers who have been raped by their employees/drivers, they have spied on journalists, they have completely disregarded human safety on numerous accounts. A company with a track record like Uber's probably not should be granted a license to experiment with technology like these self-driving cars on public roads.
They just aren't responsible enough.