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16-10-2017, 12:12 PM
There has been some talk in the CDG thread on some of the decision making/ethical issues with regards to safety/accidents of self driving technology. Alphabet's self driving unit Waymo recently released a report that doesn't provide a full solution but it seems to address some of the concerns indirectly - In essence, it's top priority seems to be first try to prevent accidents/crashes first by anticipating/predicting and the optimizing the decision making, via a "defensive driving mentality (sounds familiar for those who still remember their driving lessons?). 2ndly, the "driver" (ie the software itself) will continue to learn together with the entire fleet and become an experienced driver to minimize such occurrences.
The US Dept of Transportation has defined different levels of self driving. Maybe more specifications will be added with regards to the safety and ethics portion. 1 noticeable thing to note is that estimates believe ~80% of accidents would reduce and this would reduce insurance premiums. All auto insurance companies would then have a new paradigm to work with.
Waymo Safety Report (an overview of how their cars work): https://storage.googleapis.com/sdc-prod/...017-10.pdf
Different levels of self driving: http://www.techrepublic.com/article/auto...fferences/
The US Dept of Transportation has defined different levels of self driving. Maybe more specifications will be added with regards to the safety and ethics portion. 1 noticeable thing to note is that estimates believe ~80% of accidents would reduce and this would reduce insurance premiums. All auto insurance companies would then have a new paradigm to work with.
Waymo Safety Report (an overview of how their cars work): https://storage.googleapis.com/sdc-prod/...017-10.pdf
Different levels of self driving: http://www.techrepublic.com/article/auto...fferences/