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Do you think it's fine to hit things that don't correctly get categorized as human? Like maybe someone on crutches?
by wrsh07 6y ago
Do you think it's fine to hit things that don't correctly get categorized as human? Like maybe someone on crutches?
- jtsiskin 6y agoYes, this sounds straight out of a dystopian future novel. Missing an arm or leg? You will be hit. Extremely short or tall? Hit Walk with a limp? Hit Pink hair? Hit
- me_me_me 6y agoWhy does it matter though? Its an obstacle. When would you want to hit and obstacle anyhow? (Ok I can think of few but, no need for dark humour)
- wrsh07 6y ago1) I'm not joking. I think the OP legitimately didn't think about the humans that don't look like they expect them to look. That's a huge problem across all of tech - not just our lack of imagination about the wide array of human experience, but us assuming that we have thought of everyone when we clearly haven't 2) I think this part gets trickier How do you tell an AI not to do irreversible things? How do you indicate that this is a plastic bag blowing across the street and it needn't cause a traffic jam, but that is a plastic tarp hanging off a barricade that we can't drive through? How do I indicate that this is a piece of cardboard we can drive over but that is a human person wearing a Halloween costume made of cardboard? It's not an easy task, and I'm very sympathetic to the very real technical challenge they're facing