“Even if they save thousands of lives every year?”......
Yes! The “self driving” vehicles have no “brain”, rely entirely on sensors, which we all know “fail” (yes, as do human brains). Such vehicles should not be allowed on public roadways UNTIL such time the have PROVEN they will not/cannot fail. If the person killed was you wife, sister, mother, daughter, you may think differently.
Such vehicles should not be allowed on public roadways UNTIL such time the have PROVEN they will not/cannot fail.
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Wrong. They shouldn’t be allowed on the road until there is evidence that they are as good as a human.
The ultimate goal as far as safety is concerned is that they will be much better than humans and that they will significantly reduce accidents and fatalities.
To require that they be perfect is outlandish.
All machines can fail. If we’re only fail proof machines on the road we might as get rid of the roads.