Re:Artificial Intelligence Is Stupid and Causal Reasoning Wi...
by jqpabc123 on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @06:22PM
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One of the most common accidents with "self driving" thus far has been the auto getting rear ended.
Yes, this is undoubtedly the human drivers fault for following too closely but ... is it being precipitated by unexpected AI braking? In any case, the AI has demonstrated very limited ability to avoid these sort of collisions.
Re:Artificial Intelligence Is Stupid and Causal Reasoning Wi...
by eternityforest on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @10:08PM
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I wonder why there aren't more devices to give you an insurance discount for following to close. Or just to make an unsilencable beep if you try.
In any case, some of those cases were probably due to lack of rear sensors, or lack of any sensors at all besides cameras, and lack of any deterministic code able to override the AI.
It knows stuff is happening to the sides and swerving is bad.
Unlike a human, it can slow down to hit the object at minimum speed, then speed up again just in time to not get hit even if the driver behind does nothing, at an optimized profile that gives the person behind time to not overreact and cause a pileup.
Self driving also has the advantage that people might stay away. Unlike regular tailgating you have machinephobia that might actually make people not tail you.