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AI shouldn’t make ‘life-or-death’ decisions, says OpenAI’s Sam Altman (www.cnn.com)
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Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, speaks at the meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. (Denis Balibouse/Reuters)

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[–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

So if it looks like it’s going to crash, should it automatically turn off and go “Lol good luck” to the driver now suddenly in charge of the life-and-death situation?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I'm not sure why you think that's how they would work.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Well it's simple, who do you think should make the life or death decision?

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  • [–] -3 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    The computer, of course.

    A properly designed autonomous vehicle would be polling data from hundreds of sensors hundreds/thousands of times per second. A human's reaction speed is 0.2 seconds, which is a hell of a long time in a crash scenario.

    It has a way better chance of a 'life' outcome than a human who's either unaware of the potential crash, or is in fight or flight mode and making (likely wrong) reactions based on instinct.

    Again, humans are absolutely terrible at operating giant hunks of metal that go fast. If every car on the road was autonomous, then crashes would be extremely rare.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Are there any pedestrians in your perfectly flowing grid?

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  • [–] -4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Again, a computer can react faster than a human can, which means the car can detect a human and start reacting before a human even notices the pedestrian.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Plus, there will be far fewer variables when humans aren't allowed to drive outside of race tracks and the like. Reason why fully AI cars are a bad idea right now is because of all the chaotic human drivers that react in nonsensical ways. e.g. Pedestrian steps out. Thing that makes sense is for the AI to stop the car. But then the driver behind them decides to swerve around and blare the horn, then see the pedestrian, freak, turn into the AI car, and an accident is caused. Without the human drivers, then all the vehicles can communicate with each other and all of them can react in appropriate ways, adjusting how they drive up to miles back

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