RE: Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian?
November 17, 2015 at 3:31 pm
(This post was last modified: November 17, 2015 at 3:31 pm by Alex K.)
(November 17, 2015 at 3:27 pm)Rhythm Wrote: What we'll find (when looking), is that operator error (read: human) is much more prevalent in aircraft mishaps than the autopilot. The fact is this, the autopilot, is a better pilot, the crushing majority of the time, than a human pilot. I would expect the same of cars that drive themselves. They don't get tired, they don't get drunk, they don't text their buddies.
But airspace is a comparably trivial place. If air traffic were anything like city streets, autopilots would have a horriffic track record, i'm sure.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
