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@supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 4 months ago

Death of beloved neighborhood cat sparks outrage against robotaxis in San Francisco

www.theguardian.com

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Death of beloved neighborhood cat sparks outrage against robotaxis in San Francisco

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@supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 4 months ago
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KitKat, affectionately known as ‘mayor of 16th Street’ was struck and killed by a Waymo in the city’s Mission District
  • @VinnyDaCat@lemmy.world
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    Yet another reason to despise AI. Animals deserve to be safe too. We’ve already taken so much from them as it is.

    • @reddifuge@lemmy.world
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      Ai has a proven track record of causing less accidents, and killing far fewer animals per km traveled than the average driver.

      92% fewer accidents involving animals than the average human.

      Ai doesn’t drink, get distracted, or smoke meth like the ml mods.

      • @majster@lemmy.zip
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        link from the article https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-05-16/woman-gets-millions-after-getting-dragged-by-self-driving-taxi-in-san-francisco

        People get jail time, what do we do with machines?

        • @Kissaki@feddit.org
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          People get jail time, what do we do with machines?

          Hold the manufacturers and operators (specifically for company operated) accountable?

          The machine is the product, not the operator. We don’t jail classic cars either. We hold their operators accountable. The one in control. Self driving has a shift of who is in control - now “indirectly”.

          • @GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
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            Hold the manufacturers and operators (specifically for company operated) accountable?

            if only that were the truth.

            these companies will attempt to settle for bottom dollar or drag it out so long you’ll have to go homeless to pay the legal fees.

            there is no justice left in the legal system. justice isn’t just blind anymore, she’s been decapitated.

            • @saimen@feddit.org
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              7•4 months ago

              So in conclusion, it’s not AI that’s the problem it’s the legal system?

              • @GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
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                2•4 months ago

                why not both?

          • @Auli@lemmy.ca
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            Accountable for what killing a stray cat? Come on if you don’t want your cat to be hit keep it inside. I don’t get how people think it’s ok for a cat to wander. Even though it’s probably illegal.

            • @Kissaki@feddit.org
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              The comment I replied to expands from a cat death to a person being dragged. It expands to general accountability.

      • @magguzu@midwest.social
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        Public transportation does this too and isn’t controlled by some company trying to make graphs go up

        • @Canonical_Warlock@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          2•4 months ago

          Don’t worry. A lot of places are also trying to privatize their public transportation.

      • @ContriteErudite@lemmy.world
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        There are also a lot of people out there that will intentionally swerve to hit an animal. Mark Rober made a video a long time ago where 6% of drivers went out of their way to hit animals that were just chilling on the shoulder.

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-Fp7flAWMA

        • @1985MustangCobra@lemmy.ca
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          fucked up that people do that.

      • @sobchak@programming.dev
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        I believe these cars drive on the same roads all day, whereas people are likely to be driving in and out of areas these systems are not familiar with. I suppose a good comparison would be of a taxi driver that only operates in the same area as the driverless cars, if that exists.

      • @GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
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        here you dropped this

        per capita

        your figures (though I doubt them) don’t include the skew of driver vs driverless vehicles. of course driverless cars are 92% less likely to have an accident involving animals. that’s because driverless cars account for less than 1% of the entire vehicle population.

        Ai doesn’t drink, get distracted, or smoke meth like the ml mods.

        but it does randomly hallucinate.

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                • @L3s@lemmy.worldM
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                  The vote question would be better suited for the admin team and not mods, as we are just over this community.

                  Too many people being nasty in this thread, so we’ve removed the negative comments for rule 3.

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          • @GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
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            teslas make some pretty crazy assumptions (hallucinations).

            ever see the one where it sees pedestrians in a cemetery?

            or how about the accidents where they veer off the road because the lines were missing.

      • @Auli@lemmy.ca
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        And have a nice habit of being turned off before the accident so the AI didn’t cause the accident. Numbers are bullshit.

    • @5gruel@lemmy.world
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      4•4 months ago

      as the comment chain below highlights, autonomous driving AI is completely different from LLMs. Computer vision and control theory have made big improvements because of machine learning, do you despise this too?

      • @deathbird@mander.xyz
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        It is a bit frustrating how these different technologies are bunched under the same inaccurate moniker.

    • @Auli@lemmy.ca
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      Then keep the car inside. Outdoor cats are not safe and get killed by cars animals.

      • @EtherWhack@lemmy.world
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        5•4 months ago

        Yes, keep the car inside.

        • @ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one
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          3•4 months ago

          Please, keep your car in their car bedroom at all times.

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