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It takes thousands of the smartest, highest paid people to make AI work (sort of) most-of-the-time in closed systems like chat interfaces and image generation.

It takes thousands of the smartest, highest paid people to make AI work (sort of) most-of-the-time in closed systems like chat interfaces and image generation. There is also no risk to life there. Trying to get this stuff to work on the road is a fool's errand. Just work on warehouses and factory floors. There is at least a business model there and the world is usually climate controlled. What a huge waste of human capital pursuing an impossibility with this self driving car nonsense.

drcode 2y ago
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mdgrech23 2y ago
Huge waste of human capital kind of applies to the auto industry in general. There are so many makes and models and variations all requiring advanced engineering and manufacturing. We could solve a lot of other big problems w/ those engineers.
- xyst 2y ago
  yea like sane vehicle design; ultra efficient city design and rural access; multimodal transportation design involving walking, biking, rail or other alternative mode of transportation.
- KRAKRISMOTT 2y ago
  > We could solve a lot of other big problems w/ those engineers. Most hardware folks are underpaid as is outside of aerospace and defence. What you are asking would put them on food stamps. There's a shortage of capital and low interest rates, not hardware talent.
- HeyLaughingBoy 2y ago
  No, you mean that we could solve a lot of other problems that you care about. At least be honest about it.
hervature 2y ago
> There is also no risk to life there. Careful with absolute statements [1]. [1] - https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkadgm/man-dies-by-suicide-after-talking-with-ai-chatbot-widow-says https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkadgm/man-dies-by-suicide-a...
- kayodelycaon 2y ago
  I think what we really have to fear from AI in the near future is not it taking over but people delegating their decision making to an algorithm that has no intelligence behind it. (This already happens with non-AI systems, but the scale would risk increasing to an inflection point.)

drcode 2y ago

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mdgrech23 2y ago

Huge waste of human capital kind of applies to the auto industry in general. There are so many makes and models and variations all requiring advanced engineering and manufacturing. We could solve a lot of other big problems w/ those engineers.

xyst 2y ago
yea like sane vehicle design; ultra efficient city design and rural access; multimodal transportation design involving walking, biking, rail or other alternative mode of transportation.
KRAKRISMOTT 2y ago
> We could solve a lot of other big problems w/ those engineers. Most hardware folks are underpaid as is outside of aerospace and defence. What you are asking would put them on food stamps. There's a shortage of capital and low interest rates, not hardware talent.
HeyLaughingBoy 2y ago
No, you mean that we could solve a lot of other problems that you care about. At least be honest about it.

hervature 2y ago

> There is also no risk to life there. Careful with absolute statements [1]. [1] - https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkadgm/man-dies-by-suicide-after-talking-with-ai-chatbot-widow-says https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkadgm/man-dies-by-suicide-a...

kayodelycaon 2y ago
I think what we really have to fear from AI in the near future is not it taking over but people delegating their decision making to an algorithm that has no intelligence behind it. (This already happens with non-AI systems, but the scale would risk increasing to an inflection point.)