Remember the Uber self-driving car that killed a woman crossing the street?

CygnusX1 · 2019-11-07T16:36:14+00:00

The Register has an article on the findings of the NTSB investigation into the death of Elaine Herzberg who was killed by an Uber test driver who was more interested in looking at her phone than watching the road and being prepared to take control if the AI made a mistake. https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/11/06/uber_self_driving_car_death/

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November 7, 2019 at 4:36 pm #30254

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The Register has an article on the findings of the NTSB investigation into the death of Elaine Herzberg who was killed by an Uber test driver who was more interested in looking at her phone than watching the road and being prepared to take control if the AI made a mistake.

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/11/06/uber_self_driving_car_death/
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November 7, 2019 at 4:57 pm #952147
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ktache wrote:
Cygnus, that link doesn’t work for me, but here is a story from the LA times about how the vehicle wasn’t programmed to spot pedestrians

https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2019-11-05/self-driving-uber-in-crash-wasnt-programmed-to-spot-jaywalkers

Link in original post should work now, I was fixing it whilst ol’ Squirrel Nutkins (aka HawkinsPeter) was pointing it out as broken.

But basically, yes, unless you used a designated crossing point, Uber’s AI did not see you as a pedestrian. So jaywalkers were not seen as human (you could argue this may reflect the general thought process of drivers generally – AI or otherwise).

November 7, 2019 at 4:50 pm #952145
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Here’s a link direct to the

Here’s a link direct to the full PDF report:

https://dms.ntsb.gov/public/62500-62999/62978/629713.pdf

November 7, 2019 at 4:47 pm #952143
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ktache

Cygnus, that link doesn’t

Cygnus, that link doesn’t work for me, but here is a story from the LA times about how the vehicle wasn’t programmed to spot pedestrians

https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2019-11-05/self-driving-uber-in-crash-wasnt-programmed-to-spot-jaywalkers

November 7, 2019 at 4:46 pm #952141
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hawkinspeter wrote:
You’ve got some trailing characters in your link. Try this instead: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/11/06/uber_self_driving_car_death/

Thanks for posting that, anyhow.

Yeah just noticed – and fixed.

November 7, 2019 at 4:44 pm #952139
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hawkinspeter

You’ve got some trailing

You’ve got some trailing characters in your link. Try this instead: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/11/06/uber_self_driving_car_death/

Thanks for posting that, anyhow.

November 7, 2019 at 4:38 pm #952137
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The forum topic is the

The forum topic is the headline from the article. I’ve fixed it below:

Remember the woman (supposedly in contol of the Uber self-driving car) that killed another woman who was crossing the street?
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