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supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 days ago

Death of beloved neighborhood cat sparks outrage against robotaxis in San Francisco

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Death of beloved neighborhood cat sparks outrage against robotaxis in San Francisco

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KitKat, affectionately known as ‘mayor of 16th Street’, was struck and killed by a Waymo in the city’s Mission District
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    Ai has a proven track record of causing less accidents, and killing far fewer animals per km traveled than the average driver.

    92% fewer accidents involving animals than the average human.

    Ai doesn’t drink, get distracted, or smoke meth like the ml mods.

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      link from the article https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-05-16/woman-gets-millions-after-getting-dragged-by-self-driving-taxi-in-san-francisco

      People get jail time, what do we do with machines?

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        People get jail time, what do we do with machines?

        Hold the manufacturers and operators (specifically for company operated) accountable?

        The machine is the product, not the operator. We don’t jail classic cars either. We hold their operators accountable. The one in control. Self driving has a shift of who is in control - now “indirectly”.

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      Public transportation does this too and isn’t controlled by some company trying to make graphs go up

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        Don’t worry. A lot of places are also trying to privatize their public transportation.

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      There are also a lot of people out there that will intentionally swerve to hit an animal. Mark Rober made a video a long time ago where 6% of drivers went out of their way to hit animals that were just chilling on the shoulder.

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-Fp7flAWMA

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        fucked up that people do that.

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      I believe these cars drive on the same roads all day, whereas people are likely to be driving in and out of areas these systems are not familiar with. I suppose a good comparison would be of a taxi driver that only operates in the same area as the driverless cars, if that exists.

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