Sunday, December 10, 2017
Ante visum II
Tech tyrants constantly use buggy whips as an example of industries that needed to go away. I've already debuggied the idea.
Well, what about buggy whip litigation?
From the wonderfully clear and cogent Thomas Atkins Street, 1906:
Summarizing: The defendant advertised his horse as docile and well-behaved, and by all accounts his belief was correct when he owned the horse. For some reason the horse didn't like the purchaser. He behaved wildly when pulling the purchaser's buggy, leading to injury.
Hopelessly old-fashioned? Can't happen with cars? Cars are mere machines, incapable of personal bias?
Nope. CAN HAPPEN EASILY with cars driven by Google. What if your autonomous car doesn't like you? Given the source of the "moral codes" implanted in their software, it's GUARANTEED that autonomous cars will dislike some passengers and pedestrians. 
Summarizing: The defendant advertised his horse as docile and well-behaved, and by all accounts his belief was correct when he owned the horse. For some reason the horse didn't like the purchaser. He behaved wildly when pulling the purchaser's buggy, leading to injury.
Hopelessly old-fashioned? Can't happen with cars? Cars are mere machines, incapable of personal bias?
Nope. CAN HAPPEN EASILY with cars driven by Google. What if your autonomous car doesn't like you? Given the source of the "moral codes" implanted in their software, it's GUARANTEED that autonomous cars will dislike some passengers and pedestrians. Labels: #DeplorableLivesMatter
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