I imagine, if I were running the self-driving car company, one thing I might try to prevent this sort of thing is to record video, create a simulation of current street conditions, and constantly run lots of simulated cars through it. Any time the simulated car hits a simulated kid, shut the real-world cars down for a bit and call in the mech interp folks to figure out why.
Meanwhile in the real world, we should probably not allow the display of arbitrary data on highway billboards without a modicum of human review. For instance, putting QR codes on highway billboards is asking drivers to pick up their phones and try to scan them — which is illegal in the state of California.
I imagine, if I were running the self-driving car company, one thing I might try to prevent this sort of thing is to record video, create a simulation of current street conditions, and constantly run lots of simulated cars through it. Any time the simulated car hits a simulated kid, shut the real-world cars down for a bit and call in the mech interp folks to figure out why.
Meanwhile in the real world, we should probably not allow the display of arbitrary data on highway billboards without a modicum of human review. For instance, putting QR codes on highway billboards is asking drivers to pick up their phones and try to scan them — which is illegal in the state of California.