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Originally Posted by polak
If you recall the Toyota thing was a massive deal. The thing is, there is no alternative to the car. People still needed to drive to work so hearing about the Toyota issue didn't stop them from driving, it did hurt Toyota sales though and I'm sure every Toyota owner made sure they weren't part of the effected cars.
If something similar happens to the Toyota situation with self driving cars early on, I think that would be a nail in the coffin for the whole idea. Would you buy a self driving car that had just killed someone randomly due to some stupid malfunction when you can keep driving regular cars and avoid that situation completely? Probably for less money and effort too?
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What's the difference between this and someone heading to a Toyota dealer after the accidents? Or buy Firestone tires. Or basically relying on anything that has malfunctioned in the past?
Some people won't just because that's how they are. Just like some people won't fly, even though it is vastly safer than any other form of transportation. They aren't in control, and people generally don't like that. But don't confuse that feeling with the idea that because you are in control, you and everyone else is safer. It's not necessarily the case.
Just like anything else, anyone who existed before implementation will have to adjust. It will be innate to anyone born into it (thinka bout how we work video game systems compared to our parents. It's ingrained in us. I could pick up a game controller for a system I've never used and figure it out, whereas my dad almost through my PS3 out the window trying to play a movie on it.).
People died believing the world was flat, even when we knew it was round. As soon as you block yourself to new information, you're automatically removed from our evolution. And our technology is driving our evolution.