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Originally Posted by polak
Computers are only better at avoiding accidents than we are if they're working.
I'll give you a million dollars if you can find me a computer that hasn't ever glitched or frozen.
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You really want to take that bet?
The computers Nasa uses in their deep space probes, have been operational in some crafts for 35+ years without failure or malfunction. In some of the harshest conditions in the universe.
Also, you don't understand how self driving cars work. When it comes into mainstream, the cars will be connected via a network, so the car you are tailing at 180 KPH, will be linked to yours, and so on. So if one car has a failure, the surrounding cars will react at essentially light speed. It will be ridiculously safer, however, that being said, I am part of that 10% that is a driving enthusiast, and I hope this technology only becomes mainstream after I die, or at least am no longer physically fit to drive. And to me that is going to be the biggest benefit. It will liberate many seniors immensely. This is the type of purchase I could see making for my parents one day if they are too old and frail to drive themselves.