From Tony Holkham
The points raised by earlier correspondents about driverless vehicles are salient (28 February, p 54). I can add another: when there are choices to be made, for example if traffic lights fail, sensible drivers usually rely on eye contact. How will that work with a driverless car?
Surely the interactions of the cars with humans will raise the same problems expected with intelligent robots? I can’t help thinking that the proponents of driverless vehicles haven’t thought through the implications thoroughly enough, and had better go and think it out again. Isaac Asimov might be a good place to start.
Blaenffos, Pembrokeshire, UK
