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You MUST DEMAND perfection from self driving cars. Mistakes cost lives.
Fuck this guy.
I don't know about "perfection", but we should at least aim to be better than most human drivers.
I'd be comfortable holding robot drivers to the same standard as human drivers if there were similar levels of accountability. That said, I think the current standards for licensing human drivers are far too low. Tons of people on the road are simply not capable of driving safely, consistently, and legally. I would support measures to raise the bar for human drivers as well, but since that is extremely unlikely, we can at least establish better standards for the future.
How can a robot be as accountable as a human? You going to threaten to send it to jail?
I'd want it to be regulated like other safety features. If they shipped a car with faulty brakes or any other safety defects, it would be a legal issue. Fines, recalls, etc. Ideally it should be enough that half-assing it would put them out of business.