[SystemSafety] Nature article on driverless cars

[Peter Bernard Ladkin]

On 2018-04-16 00:41 , Matthew Squair wrote:
> I liked this comment.
> 
> “No one — not even an algorithm’s designer — can know precisely how an autonomous car will behave
> under every circumstance.”
I am in two minds about the article. It is not that I don't agree with much of what they say, for I
do. It is an opinion piece and that is what it does - give opinions. I am finding it underplays the
arguments. Your quote is a good example.

It is true. But it is also true of most software-based systems. It doesn't say what distinguishes
autonomous road vehicles from, say, scram systems in nuclear reactors. But (according to our
distinguished colleagues here) we can have high confidence in scram systems. Why can't we have
equally high confidence in autonomous-vehicle algorithms? Or can we? I am missing the key.

PBL

Prof. Peter Bernard Ladkin, Bielefeld, Germany
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