Robocars start the Skynet slaughter

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[MarJay]

A word on Concorde, as it was mentioned in this thread.

Nobody ever said it was uncrashable. It never had the complex fly by wire electronics of modern Airbus airliners for example. Also, it flew safely for many years before, and a few months after the Paris accident, but the cost of manufacturing the tiny number of replacement consumable parts was getting prohibitive, and as people have mentioned passenger numbers dwindled.

One of the issues was that if the design were to be submitted to aviation safety certification today, the authorities would rule that having two engines together in a pod flush with a wing full of fuel is unsafe. Basically because Boeing. This pretty much means that all modern airliners conform to basically the same design.
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[Rogerborg]

[G]

Going a step further now - in the latest incident they of course used a robot to blow up the shooter.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=dallas+shooter+blown+up

Not autonomous. YET.

[Sload]

Similar principal but not what I was referring to. Imagine a government that doesn't need soldiers to depress dissent Welcome to the age where we are enslaved by technology
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[Rogerborg]

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[M.C]

[M.C]

*bump* Interesting (in parts) program on the subject (of driverless cars): https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b08wwnwk/horizon-2017-dawn-of-the-driverless-car

Lots of predictions, I found the Roborace bit interesting, they glossed over how their cars can't corner anywhere near the speed of an obsolete human, and that when they set two cars 'racing' against each other at a Formula e event in Argentina one of them crashed.

[Ste]

A moral maze over sex robots: https://i.imgur.com/9Izr63N.png

Those are questions which need to be addressed.

[Rogerborg]

[M.C]

They've turned their attention to humans outside the vehicle now... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-43459156

[Rogerborg]

Now we'll get to find out who'll be held accountable.

My slush-money's on the ped.
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[Polarbear]

She'll be posthumously done for jaywalking.
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[MCN]

"Police said the accident happened Sunday night while the car was in autonomous mode. A human monitor was also behind the wheel."

What sort of fucking language is that? 'A Human Monitor'

Were they afraid to say, 'Some cunt, who had given control to the self-drive computer, was also in the car.'? Whankirs.

Police said the woman, Elaine Herzberg, had not been using a pedestrian crossing. Herzberg was taken to a local hospital where she died."

Hooman ped (not computer controlled) was 100% liable in this case. Damages will be sought from her estate.

The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board said they were sending teams to Tempe.
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[Rogerborg]

Ah, a Homeless pushing a bicycle across the road.

But hang on, that's a Volvo XC-90 hybrid. So, travelling silently on electropower?

Who wins the sadface ecotrumps there?
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[Polarbear]

Aha. The software is obviously programmed to eradicate homeless carbon lifeforms who are a drain on society.

Send one down the Strand and it will be up on the pavement chasing the bastards.
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[Rogerborg]

[Rogerborg]

KillKam video released.

Well, well. No, the cyclopath did not just step straight out in front of Robocar. She was already clearly in the road, and side on. Robocar had plenty of time to use its techno-feelers to spot her and brake or swerve. It didn't so much as twitch before snuffing her.

The... uh... woman... face-tweeting while not-driving Robocar appears to have an interesting history too.

But that's by-the-by: this was a full on legit murderkill by Robocar.

Mad compo lawsueweeets incoming, although I do wonder against whom.
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[grr666]

Side issue, did it 'transition' because it fucked it's own first persona up being a criminal and all that?
Effectively changing sides to get additional minority privilege and therefore a job? How many employers in
the US would risk being sued for over zealous background checks when faced with a man/woman/thing who they are
obliged to employ because box ticking? It's a great strategy, bit like becoming deeply religious once already in prison
just to attempt to secure early release.
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[Rogerborg]

I dunno, but I expect there may have been some miscommunication over the job advert for "hybrid drivers".
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[Pjay]

The bigger picture here is that autonomous vehicles are far safer than human controlled vehicles. I hope this doesn't affect their implementation too heavily. There will almost certainly be a time when autonomous vehicles are the norm. Eggs/Omelette situations are bound to occur.
The video shows that the woman was at fault for pushing a bike across a dark road, I'm not sure a human would have done anything but hit her.
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