Reply to post: Re: yeah, i'm not quite ready

New work: Algorithms to give self-driving cars 'impulsive' human 'ethics'

John Mangan

Re: yeah, i'm not quite ready

@The First Dave - last week someone at work sent round a video of various dashcam OMGs.

One was taken from a moving van driving at what looked like a responsible speed down a road with closely parked cars on each side of the narrow road when a mother and two children walked straight out from behind a parked van mere feet from the moving vehicle. The mother looked up after clearing the parked van and stepped back, the driver reacted with commendable speed and stopped the van in very short order but the two kids still made contact with the bonnet - although with no obvious damage.

Shit happens. The world is not fully under out control. Idiots are abroad. Machinery fails; brake cables for instance.

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