yes, but no. Yes, they'll do it for now. No, once they're as normal as humans, they'll definitely be tweaked to maximize profit. And that will include as much speeding as risk/reward dictates.

So yeah, they'll do the same thing as humans eventually.

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AlotOfReading 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

A company that systematically speeds is a nice fat piggybank for governments wanting a little extra money in their budget or a political win. These vehicles are logging their current locations and speeds constantly against a map of known speed limits. It's much easier for a government to request those records and assess a fine than go after individual motorists with politically unpopular measures like speed traps and traffic cameras.

	▲	cyanydeez 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		Yawn, same as humans and speed traps.

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JumpCrisscross 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

> that will include as much speeding as risk/reward dictates

Speeding can usually be brushed off as carelessness. Where it can’t, we charge it more harshly.

A robot programmed to speed serves a jury mens rea on a plate.

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techterrier 3 days ago | parent [-]

He means that robotaxi companies will make more money if they can fit more 'rides' into a given period. It won't be long before some mba big brain figures out lobbying for increased speed limits will do just that.

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JumpCrisscross 3 days ago | parent [-]

> lobbying for increased speed limits

So we're describing a hypothetical problem a decade or more out in respect of a technology evolving so quickly a significant fraction of people still don't even believe it's real.

	▲	cyanydeez 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		Its because using the fact that robotaxis follow "logic" excludes they from the same risk taking as humans ignores the bootstrap that will happen and the inhetent shittification we see with all capitalism meets social programming.