• Subtracty@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Of course they escaped any repercussions for their shitty product. There is too much money invested in self driving vehicles to pull back on account of safety now. They will just continue to push them onto our streets and everyone will be an unwilling guinea pig for this flawed tech.

    They actually argued that the car performed better than a human driver because it braked quicker than any human could respond. Trying to ignore the fact that it ran this woman over, and once she was under the car, the car no longer recognized her as a human and dragged her underneath. Taking the humanity from behind the wheel does not remove falibility. It just removes critical thinking and empathy for the obstacles on the side of the road that are human fucking beings.

    “Some of you may die, but that is a risk I’m willing to take.” - Self Driving Car Companies