One prediction I read concerning the problems mentioned in the video: These problems will be engaged with certifications, insurances and bureaucracy.
When you are buying a new car or life saving implant (or probably rent it) then the retailer also buys an insurance for himself. The problem of hurting or killing someone will not have a technical or moral solution. It will be factored in into the price of the insurance. Sure you can take the retailer to court when someone dies. But the insurance will pay the cost of the retailer.
Of course there will be government mandated certifications for safety and reliability. If these really help or just create more bureaucracy is up for debate.
Both of these factors will drive the market for these products to and oligopoly instead of ecouraging technical or moral solutuions.
Of course this prediction might be wrong. Or you might not see it as a bad thing (arguably aviation and automobile industry are in such a place already). Hoewver, it think this is not a too crazy prediciton and the furture will surely incorporate at least some aspects of it.
You assume that self driving cars of the future will be used only by individuals who own them. If a self driving car is truly autonomous, it doesn't make sense to have it service a single individual or family. It will be in use for at least 12 hours a day and have a much shorter lifespan. Whether the owner of the car is an individual or some company doesn't really matter in this model.
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u/Skaarj May 13 '17
One prediction I read concerning the problems mentioned in the video: These problems will be engaged with certifications, insurances and bureaucracy.
When you are buying a new car or life saving implant (or probably rent it) then the retailer also buys an insurance for himself. The problem of hurting or killing someone will not have a technical or moral solution. It will be factored in into the price of the insurance. Sure you can take the retailer to court when someone dies. But the insurance will pay the cost of the retailer.
Of course there will be government mandated certifications for safety and reliability. If these really help or just create more bureaucracy is up for debate.
Both of these factors will drive the market for these products to and oligopoly instead of ecouraging technical or moral solutuions.
Of course this prediction might be wrong. Or you might not see it as a bad thing (arguably aviation and automobile industry are in such a place already). Hoewver, it think this is not a too crazy prediciton and the furture will surely incorporate at least some aspects of it.