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> And even if we cracked real AGI, I don't see a reason to expect the computer intelligence to be a better driver than a human. You can't be serious. Human are
by petters 5y ago
> And even if we cracked real AGI, I don't see a reason to expect the computer intelligence to be a better driver than a human.
You can't be serious. Human are notoriously bad in situations where nothing happens 99.9% of the time but requires quick reaction 0.1% of the time.
- dahfizz 5y agoWhy would a computer intelligence be any less prone to distraction?
- bun_at_work 5y agoEasy - we can define the computer's objective function. Why would it get distracted by things it doesn't care about? Meanwhile, humans are checking Instagram and Pornhub while driving around.
- nradov 5y agoWell we haven't invented AGI yet, and so we don't even know if it will be possible to control them with an objective function. So your opinion is entirely speculative and not based on any science.
- bun_at_work 5y agoWho is talking about AGI? No one.
- dahfizz 5y agoWell, the comment you replied to was talking about AGI.
- reaperducer 5y agoWhy would a computer intelligence be any less prone to distraction? Just wiggle the mouse when you're in a construction zone, so the computer's processing speeds up. Just like on the desktop!
- jvanderbot 5y agoYou're assuming an AGI would have all the characteristics of a machine algorithm and enough intelligence to do exactly what a human would/should (or better) in all driving situations. That's a big ask, and is a huge superset of AGI.
- petters 5y agoHumans were evolved for vastly different things than driving. The space of all intelligences is huge.
- heavyset_go 5y agoAnd yet there is no evidence that self-driving systems are any safer than human drivers, or that they'll ever even be as safe as human drivers, let alone safer than them.
- dekhn 5y agoWhat do you mean "no evidence"? The companies testing self-driving cars now have hundreds of millions of miles driven and I haven't seen any reliable report showing they have higher kill rates than human drivers. It would seem entirely possible that large amounts of highway driving can be handled by self-driving cars with slightly lower rates of accidents (tired and drunk people kill a lot of people!)