Driverless Cars Are Worse at Spotting Kids and Dark-Skinned People, Study Says

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New research shows driverless car software is significantly more accurate with adults and light skinned people than children and dark-skinned people.

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Researchers ran more than 8,000 images through the software and found that the self-driving car systems were nearly 20% better at detecting adult pedestrians than kids, and more than 7.5% better at detecting light-skinned pedestrians over dark-skinned ones. The AI were even worse at spotting dark-skinned people in low light and low settings, making the tech even less safe at night.

I’d say a 20% difference is pretty significant.

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