• Echo Dot
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    11 month ago

    There’s more to it than that, there’s also the cost of implementation.

    If a self-driving car killed on average one less human than your average human does, but costs $100,000 to install in the car, then it still isn’t worth implementing.

    Yes I know that puts a price on human life but that is how economics works.

    • @MangoCats@feddit.it
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      11 month ago

      $100K for a safer driver might be well worth it to a lot of people, particularly if it’s a one-time charge. If that $100K autopilot can serve for seven years, that’s way cheaper than paying a chauffeur.