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

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gizmodo.com.au

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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Great, self-driving cars can be childfree and racist, just like some human drivers!

Statistically there are going to be some things they will do worse at but is it significant?

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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