The Automation Paradox
The psychology behind self driving cars: What happens when people don't interact with technology in the way that developers expect? SUBSCRIBE to BrainCraft! http://ow.ly/rt5IE BrainCraft...
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Okay, imagine you’re driving along a three lane highway. You start to merge into the middle lane, but you don’t notice that a car in the far lane was merging too–and you hit each other. So here’s a question for you: Who’s at fault? Is it you, is the other driver, or is it a situation of equal blame? You both pull over and it turns out that the other car was a self driving car. There’s no one inside. When you were both merging, the car’s algorithm predicted you would see it and allow it to merge before you. So, who’s at fault now? Did you fail the algorithm, or did the algorithm fail to allow for you? Or is it still a situation of equal blame? This isn’t a purely hypothetical situation–earlier this year a Google self driving car hit a bus...
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Okay, imagine you’re driving along a three lane highway. You start to merge into the middle lane, but you don’t notice that a car in the far lane was merging too–and you hit each other. So here’s a question for you: Who’s at fault? Is it you, is the other driver, or is it a situation of equal blame? You both pull over and it turns out that the other car was a self driving car. There’s no one inside. When you were both merging, the car’s algorithm predicted you would see it and allow it to merge before you. So, who’s at fault now? Did you fail the algorithm, or did the algorithm fail to allow for you? Or is it still a situation of equal blame? This isn’t a purely hypothetical situation–earlier this year a Google self driving car hit a bus...
