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> In fact, we can be 100% certain that the 'human software' running on all the other cars on the road is not bug-free! The roads, traffic system, laws and inst
by proc0 3y ago
> In fact, we can be 100% certain that the 'human software' running on all the other cars on the road is not bug-free!
The roads, traffic system, laws and institutions etc., have all been designed for humans, and have been constantly updated and improved for many decades. This means autonomous vehicles might make a mistake that is practically impossible for a human to make. As an exaggerated example to make the point, it could malfunction in the middle of a highway and break full stop, or maybe keep going straight and fly off the highway unto a building. That said, they will get safer just like the human system, and probably way more safer eventually.
- schiffern 3y ago>This means autonomous vehicles might make a mistake that is practically impossible for a human to make. Exactly—the mistakes are newsworthy because they're unusual (both in specifics and the general novelty of "AI did X"), and not because (exaggerations aside) they're categorically any worse than the mistakes humans make. We are 100% guaranteed that humans aren't perfect drivers. A headline where we "discover" an AI is imperfect, therefore, doesn't let us conclude AI is worse than human drivers. On the other hand, autonomous systems can benefit from direct learning transfer through shared software, whereas humans cannot. In this respect AI is categorically superior to human drivers.