Self-driving Uber car kills Arizona woman crossing street
I'm really shocked at the trend in comments here.<p>Yes, we get it. Fatalities will happen sometimes, they are unavoidable sometimes, and what matters in the long run is if we can achieve a significant overall reduction in fatalities.<p>But my god, a person was just killed by a computer. Can't we have some compassion and humility?<p>Let's, as a community, set the standard for how we will react to these events. Let's make sure Uber releases detailed data on what happened, whether they were at fault or not. Let's hold the media accountable for their reporting. Let's mourn the loss of life and think about how we can solve these problems.<p>But for christ's sake, please stop posting the same thing everybody already knows, which gets posted on HN whenever a self-driving article comes out.<p>Can't we do better?<p>---<p>EDIT: I clarified what I meant here [1]<p>Wasn't trying to say this thread should be all about mourning. This is HN so we should talk about technology, even when a person died. I'm pointing out one specific argument that gets repeated over and over in place of a substantive discussion, and I think we can do better.<p>[1] <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16621589" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16621589</a>