Doesn’t sound as bad as the other headline that was lurking in another magazine. I do think it’s an unexpected situation and the AI handled it as best as it could.
“Do nothing” is usually not that bad an approach to dealing with an unknown situation. I could easily see a situation where trying to back away from the person you just hit would increase the damage.
As other comments have suggested, we should wait for the video before judging whether this was really a bad choice by the autonomous car.
Doesn’t sound as bad as the other headline that was lurking in another magazine. I do think it’s an unexpected situation and the AI handled it as best as it could.
It couldn’t avoid her, no. The bigger problem was that the car parked on her, I think.
“Do nothing” is usually not that bad an approach to dealing with an unknown situation. I could easily see a situation where trying to back away from the person you just hit would increase the damage.
As other comments have suggested, we should wait for the video before judging whether this was really a bad choice by the autonomous car.