Afraid my kids are sick of my TedTalks on embracing AI on the roads. Whilst I appreciate little country roads may be a challenge to the technology just yet, at the very least I’d like functions such as not being able to exceed the speed limits or preventing driving closer than a few cars’ length to be programmed so that I can drive on a dual carriage way without an asshat riding my bumper because he [it is always a he] wants to continue speeding at 90mph and my only option is to slot back in behind the Sunday drivers doing 50 in the left hand lane. I’d also love motorbikes to have gps sensors so that my car ‘knows’ they are approaching and can alert if I’ve not seen them in my blind spot. So many ways to work with this technology to make driving safer… and to rein in the plonkers. Now, if they could also do something about the glare of LED headlights, too, I’d be even happier.
The idea of a hominid behind the wheel of a two-tonne object travelling at speed will strike our future AI overlords as deeply absurd, and probably a capital offence. Then again, they might find humans so comically ridiculous that they’ll help us develop flying cars simply for their own amusement. “Oh look at the funny biped flying to work in his Air-Taxi. Let’s switch off the power mid-commute and see what happens. lol.”
I have some sympathy for this, but I worry about the disuse of our brains. My children did it difficult to navigate to a new place without GPS, and I’m not much better. I confess I miss the days of wrong turns and the old A-Z in the UK. I suppose it might free up mind space for other things but I fear we are losing an element of practicality to tether our mind space to reality.
I've become a little obsessed recently with the whole AI subject, particularly the possibly of super AI killing us all. I recommend the podcast "The Last Invention" and the book/audiobook "If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: The Case Against Superintelligent AI" (once you have finished reading/listening to all of Andrew's excellent books, of course).
I hate when people say „aviation is the safest mode of transportation, you’re more likely to die in car crash on your way to airport”. No, flying by itself is inherently dangerous and we only make it so safe by enormous organisational and technological effort comparable only to keeping God-Emperor of Mankind still alive
I was thinking that driverless taxis might be safer for women but what if the car decides it wants to take you to its master? 😬
Afraid my kids are sick of my TedTalks on embracing AI on the roads. Whilst I appreciate little country roads may be a challenge to the technology just yet, at the very least I’d like functions such as not being able to exceed the speed limits or preventing driving closer than a few cars’ length to be programmed so that I can drive on a dual carriage way without an asshat riding my bumper because he [it is always a he] wants to continue speeding at 90mph and my only option is to slot back in behind the Sunday drivers doing 50 in the left hand lane. I’d also love motorbikes to have gps sensors so that my car ‘knows’ they are approaching and can alert if I’ve not seen them in my blind spot. So many ways to work with this technology to make driving safer… and to rein in the plonkers. Now, if they could also do something about the glare of LED headlights, too, I’d be even happier.
The idea of a hominid behind the wheel of a two-tonne object travelling at speed will strike our future AI overlords as deeply absurd, and probably a capital offence. Then again, they might find humans so comically ridiculous that they’ll help us develop flying cars simply for their own amusement. “Oh look at the funny biped flying to work in his Air-Taxi. Let’s switch off the power mid-commute and see what happens. lol.”
I have some sympathy for this, but I worry about the disuse of our brains. My children did it difficult to navigate to a new place without GPS, and I’m not much better. I confess I miss the days of wrong turns and the old A-Z in the UK. I suppose it might free up mind space for other things but I fear we are losing an element of practicality to tether our mind space to reality.
I've become a little obsessed recently with the whole AI subject, particularly the possibly of super AI killing us all. I recommend the podcast "The Last Invention" and the book/audiobook "If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: The Case Against Superintelligent AI" (once you have finished reading/listening to all of Andrew's excellent books, of course).
I hate when people say „aviation is the safest mode of transportation, you’re more likely to die in car crash on your way to airport”. No, flying by itself is inherently dangerous and we only make it so safe by enormous organisational and technological effort comparable only to keeping God-Emperor of Mankind still alive