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Uber Vehicle Saw But Ignored Woman It Struck, Report Says (engadget.com)

Posted by msmash on from the closer-look dept.

gollum123 writes: Uber has reportedly discovered that the fatal crash involving one of its prototype self-driving cars was probably caused by software faultily set up to ignore objects in the road, sources told The Information. Specifically, it was that the system was set up to ignore objects that it should have attended to; Herzberg seems to have been detected but considered a false positive.

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  1. Oops! We left it in murder mode. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    So sorry for any inconvenience.

  2. Re:The War Between Man and Machine by SeaFox · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yeah, really. How do they know the vehicle "ignored" the woman? Maybe it just acted like it didn't recognize it needed to take action when it really was targeting her.

  3. Re:Oops! We left it in murder mode. by tattood · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think you mean kill mode

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  4. Re: So who is to blame? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    That sounds an awful lot like something someone guilty of vehicular manslaughter would say.