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0 pointsyawz7y ago0 comments

This works in certain industries (e.g. Uber), but not in others, especially heavily regulated ones.

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Didn't Uber's self-driving car hit and kill a jaywalker?

In Uber's defense, killing someone is pretty much always an "beg forgiveness" rather than "ask permission" situation

no, killing someone is what happens when you absolutely should have asked for permission. you don't get forgiveness for that.

nostrademons7y ago

Didn't seem to stop them for long:

https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/02/tech/uber-self-driving-tests/...

To be fair, they're proposing significantly improved safety procedures. To also be fair, there are not many people (as opposed to corporations) who would be out on good behavior 6 months after being convicted of vehicular manslaughter.

bdibs7y ago

I think he/she was talking about them avoiding taxi legislation, not the self driving branch.

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