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This seems sensible, but I do wonder whether actively steering the car is as attention intensive as merely verifying that the car is steering correctly. This i

This seems sensible, but I do wonder whether actively steering the car is as attention intensive as merely verifying that the car is steering correctly. This is pure speculation, but it feels like humans have a very robust model to determine when something is about to go wrong (i.e. this car is about to crash into an obstacle). If it takes less attention to determine that the car steers correctly as opposed to steering the car, this would leave more attention available to, for example, monitor other cars behavior.

mwint 5y ago
It’s akin to sitting in the passenger seat of a car - you can be idly looking out the windshield, not really thinking about driving, and your brain will freak out the moment the driver doesn’t do what you expect. It’s like my brain always has a predicted path and velocity, and deviation from that is so easy for me to detect I do it subconsciously. Maybe other people aren’t like that, but I certainly am. I find myself wishing there was an FSD-like depiction of what’s going on in the driver’s brain, to answer the “you _are_ planning to stop eventually, right?” question.
romwell 5y ago
>This seems sensible, but I do wonder whether actively steering the car is as attention intensive as merely verifying that the car is steering correctly. There is a lot of research explaining why it's true, particularly when it comes to piloting airplanes. The TL;DR is that doing something with your hands, involving touch, engages more of your brain. >This is pure speculation, but it feels like humans have a very robust model to determine when something is about to go wrong Yes, this is pure speculation, and also incorrect. Again, if you were to look things up instead of speculating, you'd quickly find plenty of information.

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This seems sensible, but I do wonder whether actively steering the car is as attention intensive as merely verifying that the car is steering correctly. This i

by oliwary 5y ago

mwint 5y ago
It’s akin to sitting in the passenger seat of a car - you can be idly looking out the windshield, not really thinking about driving, and your brain will freak out the moment the driver doesn’t do what you expect. It’s like my brain always has a predicted path and velocity, and deviation from that is so easy for me to detect I do it subconsciously. Maybe other people aren’t like that, but I certainly am. I find myself wishing there was an FSD-like depiction of what’s going on in the driver’s brain, to answer the “you _are_ planning to stop eventually, right?” question.
romwell 5y ago
>This seems sensible, but I do wonder whether actively steering the car is as attention intensive as merely verifying that the car is steering correctly. There is a lot of research explaining why it's true, particularly when it comes to piloting airplanes. The TL;DR is that doing something with your hands, involving touch, engages more of your brain. >This is pure speculation, but it feels like humans have a very robust model to determine when something is about to go wrong Yes, this is pure speculation, and also incorrect. Again, if you were to look things up instead of speculating, you'd quickly find plenty of information.