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On self-driving, Waymo is playing chess while Tesla plays checkers (arstechnica.com)

submitted 5 months ago by jeffw@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

How could anyone know that? It just as well might.

It's a fallacy to think we can build a perfect world where all bad things can be avoided. With all new technology comes downsides. We're already losing 80+ a day in the US alone because we don't have self driving cars. It's far more likely for someone close to me to get killed by a human driver.