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Self-driving cars are colloquially held to a much higher standard than human drivers are. Nothing currently exists that meets that standard. But humans meet the
by sowbug 3y ago
Self-driving cars are colloquially held to a much higher standard than human drivers are. Nothing currently exists that meets that standard. But humans meet the GI standard of AGI. And strong evidence shows that humans exist.
Thus, the standard for AGI is lower than the standard for self-driving cars. Existence of an AGI does not imply existence of self-driving cars.
To put it another way: take the worst human driver who still qualifies as "could learn to drive a car." (It's assumed the person is intelligent.) Construct a Turing-like test where we observe a car possibly being driven by that person, but we don't know who or what is actually driving the car. The car drives over a curb, kills a cat crossing the street, narrowly misses a dozen pedestrians in crosswalks, and finally parks poorly in a mall parking lot -- just like we would expect from the world's worst human driver. After observing that car trip, would we celebrate the long-awaited arrival of self-driving cars?
- grumple 3y agoAren't the best self driving cars causing traffic jams in SF because they can't handle everyday tasks? And can any self driving car handle suboptimal environments like snow? Or just unmarked roads? Or... left turns in traffic?
- charcircuit 3y agoJust because you can't handle every situation that could occur when driving it doesn't mean you don't have the ability to drive. I can't parallel park, but I would still consider myself able to drive. I make mistakes driving where I'm not supposed to yet I'm still a driver.
- grumple 3y agoBut you're not stopping in the middle of the street for long periods in confusion because of a common situation. There's levels to this and the self driving cars are not yet at an acceptable level.