Apply the brakes and rethink driverless cars | Letters
The problems with introducing driverless cars are greater than you identify in your editorial (Intelligent cars raise questions that only society can answer, 16 December) and yet almost certain to be ignored.
No amount of testing can prove them as safe as human drivers unless the software is frozen and never updated. Verifying the behaviour of machine-learning systems is an unsolved research challenge. There are major problems of cybersecurity – many of the sensors and communications have already been hacked. Who would risk being a passenger alone, when anyone can easily force the car to stop?
No amount of testing can prove them as safe as human drivers unless the software is frozen and never updated
Source: Guardian Transport
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