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Apple Watch more effective at detecting heart condition than KardiaBand accessory, study f...
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Uber unlikely to blame for self-driving car fatality, says police chief
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Pedestrian killed by Uber self-driving car, testing stops in all cities
twistsol1 said:Then again, 40,200 people were killed in 2016 by human drivers.
Not exactly a comparable database. -
Pedestrian killed by Uber self-driving car, testing stops in all cities
AppleInsider said:Despite some media reports, the Arizona tragedy is not the first-ever death involving self-driving car technology. A Tesla driver, Joshua Brown, was killed while testing Tesla's autopilot mode in July 2016.
Tesla did not market Autopilot as driverless technology, listed it as a work in progress and plainly stated that the drivers should remain engaged with the controls and aware of the traffic at all times.
The man who was killed was disregarding all of the instructions given by Tesla and was clowning with a cell phone when he died. He was the author of his own demise as he operated the car in a manner other than what was described by Tesla.
Autopilot at that time should be described as a driver assistant and in beta. It was not marketed as a driverless technology ready for autonomous operation.
As someone who used to own Tesla shares I have followed this company and I would suggest a retraction of the quoted passage is in order. Mr Brown died not following the clear instructions provided by the company that made and marketed the car. -
Steve Jobs job application sells for over $174,000 at auction
Sad thing is that an application like this would never make it past the first (computerized) level of HR screening at Apple- or Wal-Mart today. Years ago the interview was where you could find diamonds in the rough and hire people who did not look special on a CV. Today only a handful ever get the call back for an interview.