> I'm not sure how it's misleading, but separating "incidents" into categories
The premise is that these vehicles would be unilaterally "better" than human drivers and that would justify their creation and use. If that's not the case, then perhaps we need to fully reevaluate the value proposition here.
> While that's an inconvenience to other drivers, it's not a safety issue at all.
It hasn't proved to be a safety issue _yet_. We don't actually have enough data to forecast with here. I see this as a safety signal with troubling implications.
> as a motorcyclist (and thus hyper annoyed at bad driving)
This is another safety signal I would be wary of... unless "hyper annoyed" is just hyperbole for it's own sake.
> We should have scrutiny on the safety of these machines, but they're hardly the biggest problem facing SF.
The problem with automation is small problems have a tendency to combine into massive emergent problems once you start scaling your fleet up.
> The problem with automation is small problems have a tendency to combine into massive emergent problems once you start scaling your fleet up.
Not in this case, no. Every driver has a small problem. Each ai driver is just another driver, replacing some driver.
Unless the ai driver problem is not small but actually quite big, I don't see how automation economics would worsen the situation. On the contrary, them all being identical and automated makes fixing the small problems much more viable.
The premise is that these vehicles would be unilaterally "better" than human drivers and that would justify their creation and use. If that's not the case, then perhaps we need to fully reevaluate the value proposition here.
> While that's an inconvenience to other drivers, it's not a safety issue at all.
It hasn't proved to be a safety issue _yet_. We don't actually have enough data to forecast with here. I see this as a safety signal with troubling implications.
> as a motorcyclist (and thus hyper annoyed at bad driving)
This is another safety signal I would be wary of... unless "hyper annoyed" is just hyperbole for it's own sake.
> We should have scrutiny on the safety of these machines, but they're hardly the biggest problem facing SF.
The problem with automation is small problems have a tendency to combine into massive emergent problems once you start scaling your fleet up.