Re:Global population is crashing, soaring and moving
by burntoutfire on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @04:10AM
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> Even though autonomous driving is proving to be a harder nut to crack than people expected, by 2050 it will be solved.
In 1960s, top researchers believed that scene understanding (one of the hardest computer vision problems) will be solved by an undergrad during summer internship. I feel that this prediction that we'll for sure autonomous driving in a couple decades is an example of similar hubris.
Re:Global population is crashing, soaring and moving
by inglor_cz on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @04:17AM
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There is steady improvement in the field and roads can be adapted over time, too (special beacons etc.) I feel that the main hurdle to clear will eventually be human psyche.
We have grown accustomed to the non-zero chance of a fellow human crashing into us, but being flattened by a robot gone wild is deeply repulsive, even if the actual rate of accidents sinks way under the current norm.
Re:Global population is crashing, soaring and moving
by AussieWog93 on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @07:47AM
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>Growth in security jobs is possible, though it spells a bad omen: if more security is needed per capita, there is something going wrong with law enforcement policies.
Possibly a cultural difference; "security" here basically means nightclub bouncers and the occasional guy at the supermarket/chemist.
Growth in security jobs is possible, though it spells a bad omen: if more security is needed per capita, there is something going wrong with law enforcement policies.
Human driving jobs will disappear one day, much like horse drivers did. Even though autonomous driving is proving to be a harder nut to crack than people expected, by 2050 it will be solved.
In the meantime, Africa will add about a billion people. They must be educated, there simply isn't enough muscle jobs for them in the developed world.