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		magicalist on June 7, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How many sensors for autonomous driving? Uber, and it probably could have braked but the emergency braking was purposefully disabled. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Elaine_Herzberg

dbcurtis on June 7, 2023 [–]

Yes, Uber, operating in Level 3, and safety driver was watching a movie on phone at the time.

Very different circumstances. I don’t think this was a classifier defect. Not that I was ever a fan of Uber’s development program, but in this case I can’t fault the platform.

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