Re:California suspends GM Cruise's autonomous vehicle deploy...
by groby_b on Tuesday October 24, 2023 @03:56PM
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Outperform mediocre humans means AI cars replace something shitty with something less shitty.
That means the net danger of traffic as a whole goes down.
Setting an unreasonably high bar - like "drive with perfect record" - will simply prevent that happening, and we're stuck with humans. Perfection is a north star, not an attainable goal. As long as we get net positive, the world is a tiny bit better. And then you make it a tiny bit better again. And again.
Why do you think the bar for AI should be higher than "better than what we have"?
That means the net danger of traffic as a whole goes down.
Setting an unreasonably high bar - like "drive with perfect record" - will simply prevent that happening, and we're stuck with humans. Perfection is a north star, not an attainable goal. As long as we get net positive, the world is a tiny bit better. And then you make it a tiny bit better again. And again.
Why do you think the bar for AI should be higher than "better than what we have"?