My preference is to not put life&death decisions about treatment authorization in the hands of billionaire health insurance executives, or food safety in the hands of giant food corporation executives, or airplane safety in the hands of "self certification" Boeing executives, etc etc; all of whom are maximizing "shareholder value" and their own wealth (not necessarily in that order)...
but here we are.
By comparison, self-driving cars appear to provide significant benefits compared to their risks and also compared with human drivers (Waymo might "kidnap" passengers at the directive of police but it's not going to assault a woman passenger).
Peter Ludemann
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2026-09-30 04:20:03 UTC
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