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Mercedes-Benz debuts turquoise exterior lights to indicate the car is self-driving | A visual indicator for other drivers::undefined

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[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 24 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (6 children)

Seems like a bad idea - you know someone is going to figure out how to take advantage of that.

Scofflaw - ai has no pride or ego so I can cut them off at will and they will always back down
scammer - manufacturer has deep pockets - where’s my neck brace?

[–] filcuk@lemmy.zip 14 points 8 months ago (4 children)

I'm sorry, but I can't actually imagine that happening where I live.
Do people who cut others off care who's driving?

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works -2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I'm sure some people take age, gender, and/or race into consideration when deciding who they can cut off

[–] witheyeandclaw@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You might be giving them too much credit for thinking about what they’re doing.

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago

Or you might be underestimating the lengths racists would go to just to inconvenience someone who looks like a foreigner

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