> On 2018/May/08, at 9:03 pm, David <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 8/05/2018 5:47 PM, Kim Holburn wrote: > >> If self-driving cars or at least some particular type of them can be shown >> to have half the number of accidents that human drivers have, wouldn't that >> be an argument for the safety of self-driving cars? > > That argument leaves no place for human responsibility,
Not really. A human still directs the destination. They are just not micromanaging the driving. > and it could be extended to any number of situations. Not really. The self-driving car thing is happening right now. The others not at all. > For example, would you agree that we should ultimately disband Parliament and > delegate all social & legal decision-making to an AI system? > > If not, why not? Let's start with a success metric for legislation. When you have worked out how to do that we can talk. > If so, what is the role of human agency all the way from self-driving cars > (and pilotless passenger aircraft) to Government? Not sure what you're getting at here. Managing humans and travel? In what way are they related? > No facetious answers please...(:-) > > DavidL. -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Security Consultant T: +61 2 61402408 M: +61 404072753 mailto:[email protected] aim://kimholburn skype://kholburn - PGP Public Key on request _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
