As I said, A.I. and driverless cars simply cannot account for all the (stupid) human variables that occur while driving.
People blowing red lights and stop signs are probably the best example. I had someone just a few weeks ago blow through a left turn signal that was red in their direction and almost hit me head-on while I was doing 45mph obeying my traffic signal.
The jerk first made like he was going to stop, then accelerated and turned right in front of me. It was a good thing I had my foot off the accelerator and ready to hit the brake as I went through the intersection. If I hadn't, I'd have surely t-boned the idiot.
As it was, it was a good lesson for my youngest son who I'm teaching to drive. We were on our way to our church's parking lot for a driving lesson when it happened.
"That's why you have your foot ready to hit the brake going through an intersection, son. Because of idiots just like that moron!"
There is really only one thing that a driver needs.
Situational awareness.
I.E., PAY ATTENTION !!!
Autonomous and even worse, semi-autonomous vehicles will lead to individuals paying less and less attention to the world around them.
We all ready have a huge problem in America with people that don’t pay attention and these so-called advances will make things so much worse.
They don’t need to account for all the stupid behavior. We can’t. If they can account for a lot of the stupid behavior AIs will be an improvement, if only because they will react faster, and not with more stupid behavior (our fondness for honking horns and yelling at each other impedes our ability to avoid accidents). And of course as more AIs hit the road the amount of stupid behavior will drop. It’ll be a lot like immunization and herd immunity, more AI cars doing fewer stupid things, making it so the AIs face less unpredictable behavior, allowing them to be more successful, allaying more people’s fears of the new technology, who then get AI cars...
When you find a link that makes your point instead of mine you should post it.
As I said, A.I. and driverless cars simply cannot account for all the (stupid) human variables that occur while driving.
Neither can humans, the issue is who is superior since neither option is perfect.
People blowing red lights and stop signs are probably the best example.
You just made the case for getting the control away from humans, as they're more likely to blow through red lights and stop signs.
I had someone just a few weeks ago blow through a left turn signal that was red in their direction and almost hit me head-on while I was doing 45mph obeying my traffic signal.
The jerk first made like he was going to stop, then accelerated and turned right in front of me. It was a good thing I had my foot off the accelerator and ready to hit the brake as I went through the intersection. If I hadn't, I'd have surely t-boned the idiot.
The driverless car will also detect the idiot, and will detect his movement and predict the intercept much more quickly and precisely than you are and also will be able to react much, much faster than you can. I'll also add, if it was a driverless car moving the idiot, it wouldn't pull into your right of way either. You're making a great case for getting humans off the wheel!