Seems a little strawman-ish. "Feel deprived and crave the ability to see" is a hyberbole way to say that "blind people would rather have the ability to see". An assumption that would be safe to make for anyone with a disability, despite if they have learned to have a good life with it.
I agree that the parts are probably out of spec and assuming they are, is definitely the way to go, but I am dissapointed by the lack of precision in articles like that.
This is the first (maybe the second) link in the chain of misinformation. Every time this article will get reposted, rewritten or reblogged the inaccuracies will move the baseline for the next one.
In order to make the software detect the same you have to make it detect white adult less.
Comparing the performance between races says nothing about how safe a driverless car is. I am sure that the chances of a human hitting a dark skinned person dwarfs the chances of a driverless car. Trying to convince people driverless cars are racist only delays development, adoption and lawmaking which means more flawed meatbags behind the wheel which means more car accident deaths.
Pretty sure you can have a lava floor, just not hot lava