One day Mavrick, your kind will be extinct. We don't need drivers who make mistakes, need to rest, make bad judgement calls, have no patience or consideration.
Sure, it's not today, butvyhe day is coming. Its not far away now (on human time lines, not necessarily tech time lines).
That's just it. A career in software engineering has lead me to believe that that day may never come, that the industry will, as it so often does, strike upon exactly the right focus-group tested line of bullshit to drive mass adoption without ever hitting the technical requirements that would make that ethical. If the day does come I'll nap my ass for a lap around the country on one truly epic road trip. I just hope the driver is smart enough to not park directly under a street light while I'm trying to sleep.
> We don't need drivers who make mistakes, need to rest, make bad judgement calls, have no patience or consideration.
But eliminating human drivers isn't just eliminating that. It's also eliminating humans who are not tired, who are making good judgment calls, and who do have the patience and consideration to drive responsibly. Unless you are claiming there are no such humans anywhere, which is ridiculous (the majority of human drivers meet the requirements the majority of the time).
For self-driving technology to be truly viable, in other words, it's not enough for it to outperform humans who are tired and impaired. It has to outperform humans at their best. Otherwise the humans who aren't tired and impaired will have no good reason to use it, and will have an ironclad objection to being forced to.
Sure, it's not today, butvyhe day is coming. Its not far away now (on human time lines, not necessarily tech time lines).
Until then, enjoy the ride ;)