It could've been worse...
...think "sex robot"...
"A self-driving Uber car hit and killed a woman in Arizona on Sunday night in what appears to be the first fatal accident involving an autonomous vehicle, according to reports."Don't just phone it in...
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This story made me curious, not because of the information given, but because of the information *not* given. Turns out, if you search for it, that the woman was not just "walking outside of a crosswalk" as reported by most news outlets. No, the was actually "crossing the street outside of a crosswalk"...in other words, what we used to call JAYWALKING. There's a reason that it's illegal and you get a fine for doing it. I don't understand why people appear to be trying to hide this fact.
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and people being people do unexpected, unlawful things. kate at sda has a post on how the vehicles lidar, given the terrain, should have noticed this "obstacle".
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