If a terrorist were to purchase one of these autos, how difficult would it be to pack it full of explosives and send it to an address? It could then be detonated. This could be an airport, stadium, hotel, embassy, or any other public place. I know that this can be done now without a driverless auto, but does this not increase that possibility? The potential for mass destruction may outweigh the benefit. I know that they will put safeguards in place, but there are ways around those as well. How will the police monitor what could potentially be a million vehicles in just a few years? Where will we find the staff and infrastructure for that? Will there be a surcharge on the automated vehicle to pay for that? The problems may outweigh the benefits as stated before.
In 2014, we can barely make software programs that passa Turing test, and people can, in apparent seriousness, argue that we can design programs (not even getting into the issue possible bugs–let’s assume all works as intended)that will recognize all possible situations as well as a human brain can?
Sure, the program will react much faster, but it cannot possibly recognize and properly determine based on whatever can occur.
@Crain – I don’t mean to be harsh, but self driving cars make no impact to terrorists. Terrorists are willing to die for their cause, so if they wanted to take out a target, they certainly wouldn’t trust a self driving car. They’d get in it and floor it until it reached it’s target. That’s not a legitimate concern.
If a terrorist were to purchase one of these autos, how difficult would it be to pack it full of explosives and send it to an address? It could then be detonated. This could be an airport, stadium, hotel, embassy, or any other public place. I know that this can be done now without a driverless auto, but does this not increase that possibility? The potential for mass destruction may outweigh the benefit. I know that they will put safeguards in place, but there are ways around those as well. How will the police monitor what could potentially be a million vehicles in just a few years? Where will we find the staff and infrastructure for that? Will there be a surcharge on the automated vehicle to pay for that? The problems may outweigh the benefits as stated before.
This is insanity.
In 2014, we can barely make software programs that passa Turing test, and people can, in apparent seriousness, argue that we can design programs (not even getting into the issue possible bugs–let’s assume all works as intended)that will recognize all possible situations as well as a human brain can?
Sure, the program will react much faster, but it cannot possibly recognize and properly determine based on whatever can occur.
@Crain – I don’t mean to be harsh, but self driving cars make no impact to terrorists. Terrorists are willing to die for their cause, so if they wanted to take out a target, they certainly wouldn’t trust a self driving car. They’d get in it and floor it until it reached it’s target. That’s not a legitimate concern.