Posted: Jan 03, 2017 5:58 am
Sendraks wrote:tuco wrote:
In the vid there are, in my opinion, two important elements: a) always-on principle b) keeping save distance at given speed. While human drivers are probably capable of both, we would need to go through data and look up what causes most accidents to confirm my guess that a) and b) are among the most frequent in given situation.
I had a quick look online and a summary of the top causes of road accidents in UK are:
•Speeding.
•Drink-driving.
•Not wearing a seat belt.
•Careless or aggressive driving.
•Drivers who don't look.
All of which are incidents that AI control would mitigate against and in a scenario where all cars were AI control, would eliminate entirely.
In addition, AI vehicles obeying the speed limit, not rushing through traffic lights or doing other stupid human stuff like jumping junctions, would improve the flow of traffic overall resulting in a smoother commuting experience and shorter journey times. Pretty much all my lengthy road commutes have been a result of an error being committed by a human driver somewhere in the system.
Why wouldn't AIs want to get drunk? You think they're all going to be a bunch of teetotalers? That's racist thinking.