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Originally Posted by Flamenspiel
My main concern with autonomous systems is most car companies have very poor software distribution. In the IT world there are daily and weekly patching delivery systems that keep your system protected day to day. Car companies do this in months and years, there is simply not enough risk mitigation and it’s too expensive.
A simple map upgrade costs 200$ and comes out annually. Once the real bad actors get going on steering and other safety systems there will be a bloodbath on the road.
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It doesn’t need to be perfect. Just better than the relatively terrible human drivers. Though reaction when computer plies through a group of kids will be even more anger than if a drunk plowed through kids even though it will happen far less frequently.