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I think if you look at evolution more closely you'll see that it is messy and is constantly creating dead-ends. Mammals were insignificant until an extinction e

I think if you look at evolution more closely you'll see that it is messy and is constantly creating dead-ends. Mammals were insignificant until an extinction event occurred. It's not like we were superior and displaced the dinosaurs. We have lots of errors and junk DNA. We make all kinds of mistakes. Perhaps not fatal ones yet, we'll see how climate change plays out. As for our perception and reflexes... I wouldn't brag that they're that good just because they haven't been bad enough to cause our extinction.

semiotagonal 7y ago
> I think if you look at evolution more closely you'll see that it is messy and is constantly creating dead-ends. That's my point. The natural selection process for self-driving automobiles is just beginning, as they meet the challenge of the real world. I'm concerned that it is going to mirror the messiness that biological evolution involves.