Jeremy Clarkson near miss ‘proof that driverless cars are already sentient’
Jeremy Clarkson used his Sunday Times column today to tell how he was nearly killed by a driverless car. Twice.
“I drove a car the other day which has a claim of autonomous capability and twice in the space of 50 miles on the M4 it made a mistake, a huge mistake, which could have resulted in death.”
Which got people worried for a variety of reasons.
Jeremy Clarkson was nearly hit twice in a matter of minutes by driverless cars. Their failure must give serious cause for concern that they are not ready for roads.
— Chris Doyle (@Doylech) November 19, 2017
Prompting this rather marvellous response.
Concerns that they are already sentient. https://t.co/65yPxdUn0h
— MꙬse Allain (@MooseAllain) November 19, 2017
Here’s a bunch more of our favourite replies.
1.
I'm sure a bit of tweaking with the cars' accuracy levels would ensure they wouldn't miss again.
— Grab68 (@Grab68) November 19, 2017
2.
It just shows that the urge is universal
— DoubtfulOptimist (@PEllis0202) November 19, 2017
3.
Maybe Clarkson had got the car lunch so it didn't hit him or was that story the other way around?
— Clockwise (@ClockwiseCyclin) November 19, 2017
4.
Skynet has become self-aware & is targeting its sworn enemies …
— Wedders (@wedzx2003) November 19, 2017
5.
I’m sure they were scripted near misses
— Whinge el Brittania (@WhingeB) November 19, 2017
6.
Third time lucky? Do they have AI?
— CrabSnappy (@CrabSnappy) November 19, 2017
7.
Calibration takes time
— Nick Madge (@madgeni) November 19, 2017
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