As driverless cars win human rights, we risk losing our innate human fight<article>
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<p dir="ltr">The computer algorithms that pilot self-driving cars
may soon be considered the functional equivalents of human drivers. That’s the
early opinion of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration—and so begins our slow-burn acquiescence in the battle of man versus machine.</p><p dir="ltr">I don’t have a problem with the basic concept of a computer-driven vehicle that transports human passengers. I’ll step inside your monorail without protest. I’ll even jump inside your
robot-driven race car on a closed-circuit track. <span style="line-height: 1.75em;">But when self-driving cars start making us dumber, and less alert, and less involved with transportation in a tactile, human way, then I have to sound the alarm.</span></p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3030236/car-tech/as-driverless-cars-win-human-rights-we-risk-losing-our-inate-human-fight.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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As driverless cars win human rights, we risk losing our innate human fight
