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Driverless Cars Are Worse at Spotting Kids and Dark-Skinned People, Study Says (gizmodo.com.au)
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New research shows driverless car software is significantly more accurate with adults and light skinned people than children and dark-skinned people.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

The crucial point in autonomous car adaption ought to be whether they are better than humans or not. So if they hit fewer children than human drivers do, they're better, even if they were a further 20% better at avoiding adults.