http://techliberation.com/2008/11/10/me-around-the-web-3/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Sun, 27 May 2012 20:03:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://techliberation.com/2008/11/10/me-around-the-web-3/comment-page-1/#comment-68923 eee_eff Wed, 12 Nov 2008 08:13:52 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=14019#comment-68923 <p><i>If self-driving software can be shown to be at least as safe as the average human driver, it should be allowed on the road.</i><br><br>Why pray tell do you set your standards so low? If we can achieve more safety, at a reasonable expense why not require that? <br><br>The rational approach would be to maximize the good that accrues to society by this new technology by requiring that it be a safe as it can possibly be, while still being affordable.<br><br>If this attitude prevailed, Hospitals of today would be just as unsafe as they were in Victorian London.<br><br>Progress is what happens when people demand it; to accept the status quo just because it was 'good enough' in the past is a fundamental pessimism...</p> If self-driving software can be shown to be at least as safe as the average human driver, it should be allowed on the road.

Why pray tell do you set your standards so low? If we can achieve more safety, at a reasonable expense why not require that?

The rational approach would be to maximize the good that accrues to society by this new technology by requiring that it be a safe as it can possibly be, while still being affordable.

If this attitude prevailed, Hospitals of today would be just as unsafe as they were in Victorian London.

Progress is what happens when people demand it; to accept the status quo just because it was 'good enough' in the past is a fundamental pessimism…

]]> http://techliberation.com/2008/11/10/me-around-the-web-3/comment-page-1/#comment-62103 eee_eff Wed, 12 Nov 2008 04:13:52 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=14019#comment-62103 <p><i>If self-driving software can be shown to be at least as safe as the average human driver, it should be allowed on the road.</i><br><br>Why pray tell do you set your standards so low? If we can achieve more safety, at a reasonable expense why not require that? <br><br>The rational approach would be to maximize the good that accrues to society by this new technology by requiring that it be a safe as it can possibly be, while still being affordable.<br><br>If this attitude prevailed, Hospitals of today would be just as unsafe as they were in Victorian London.<br><br>Progress is what happens when people demand it; to accept the status quo just because it was 'good enough' in the past is a fundamental pessimism...</p> If self-driving software can be shown to be at least as safe as the average human driver, it should be allowed on the road.

Why pray tell do you set your standards so low? If we can achieve more safety, at a reasonable expense why not require that?

The rational approach would be to maximize the good that accrues to society by this new technology by requiring that it be a safe as it can possibly be, while still being affordable.

If this attitude prevailed, Hospitals of today would be just as unsafe as they were in Victorian London.

Progress is what happens when people demand it; to accept the status quo just because it was 'good enough' in the past is a fundamental pessimism…

]]> http://techliberation.com/2008/11/10/me-around-the-web-3/comment-page-1/#comment-56598 eee_eff Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:13:52 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=14019#comment-56598 <p><i>If self-driving software can be shown to be at least as safe as the average human driver, it should be allowed on the road.</i><br><br>Why pray tell do you set your standards so low? If we can achieve more safety, at a reasonable expense why not require that? <br><br>The rational approach would be to maximize the good that accrues to society by this new technology by requiring that it be a safe as it can possibly be, while still being affordable.<br><br>If this attitude prevailed, Hospitals of today would be just as unsafe as they were in Victorian London.<br><br>Progress is what happens when people demand it; to accept the status quo just because it was 'good enough' in the past is a fundamental pessimism...</p> If self-driving software can be shown to be at least as safe as the average human driver, it should be allowed on the road.

Why pray tell do you set your standards so low? If we can achieve more safety, at a reasonable expense why not require that?

The rational approach would be to maximize the good that accrues to society by this new technology by requiring that it be a safe as it can possibly be, while still being affordable.

If this attitude prevailed, Hospitals of today would be just as unsafe as they were in Victorian London.

Progress is what happens when people demand it; to accept the status quo just because it was 'good enough' in the past is a fundamental pessimism…

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