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		krisoft 69 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tesla 'Robotaxi' adds 5 more crashes in Austin in ... > To reach mass adoption, self-driving car need to kill one every, say, billion miles. Important correction “kill one or less, per billion miles”. Before someone reluctantly engineers an intentional sacrifice to meet their quota.

ndsipa_pomu 68 days ago [–]

> Important correction “kill one or less, per billion miles”. Before someone reluctantly engineers an intentional sacrifice to meet their quota.

Pedantic correction: "kill one or fewer, per billion miles"

krisoft 66 days ago | [–]

The best kind! Thank you.

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