But you are right: moral responsibility can ONLY be a human obligation. Machines are incapable of moral judgements - it's the human that created or operate the technology only.
And this is an obvious problem given there will be blind people who can't sense cues that fully-abled people can trivially.
The esthetic front end seems designed for running over stuff. https://www.startyourimpossible.com/en-us/mobility
Trucks have extended bumpers and bars (front, side, back) to prevent stuff from going underneath.
Trains had cattle scoops.
School buses have crossing arms. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_bus_crossing_arm
Also reminds me of exercise machines eating children. Most recently Peloton's lack of safety guards.
Foreseeable, preventable, unforgivable.
Looks nice though.
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Edit: Hmmm.
Am now unclear which vehicle is involved. Toyota's own website states e-Palette is a prototype. https://www.startyourimpossible.com/imager/products/e-palett...
Whereas the blurb for the APM https://www.startyourimpossible.com/imager/products/accessib... says:
APM (Accessible People Mover) is a mobility vehicle designed expressly for use at the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020. With the vision of "Mobility for All," APM offers a "one-last-mile" solution that helps transport as many people as possible to events and venues, including athletes and staff related to the Games as well as all types of visitors.
And here's their PR for the games:
https://global.toyota/en/newsroom/corporate/28866860.html
And the APM definitely looks more safe.
Predictive models can only be 100% accurate when they contain as much information as the system they are modeling.
