That AI shouldn't be treated as some overpriced middleware generating stats from CSV text files for insurance companies. I guess we're going to find out the hard way whether these things are really safe. I think it is foolish.
I might have a more positive outlook if there was more progress on the relatively simple problems facing simpler software products (eg security).
Also, none of this deals with state and corporate control freakery..
I think you've watched too much sci-fi. Also, there is more to life than safety. Having control over one's transport is a core component of liberal (as in liberty) society.
17yo then 71 year old, then a dog, then a rock, then an 'autonomous' vehicle.
1. 17yo has keener senses, but lacks maturity. This is a social problem that can be fixed, but requires altering the current "feed it to me through a needle" culture. This is difficult but probably easier than designing a truly autonomous yet safe robot, at least with current technology.
2. The 71yo has wisdom but lacks keen senses. Still, though, he has predictable behavior.
3. A dog can't reach the pedals or turn the wheel so he's not going more than 5mph with the clutch out.. at least until he hits something or someone. Same with the rock. People obsess over speed when talking about safety, but it's really about relative velocity with the rest of traffic.
4. The 'autonomous' car is only slightly smarter than the rock, yet has full control over equipment that can barrel down the road at 80. It was likely programmed by H1B immigrants. This is worse because at least the NY cabbie would feel the pressure of self preservation.
Both the 17 and 71 year old examples appeal to fallacious generalizations. Most 17yos and most 71yos are good drivers. However, generalization applies much more greatly to a fleet of autonomous cars all running the same software and sensory hardware. Considering the abysmal security track record computing has, the last thing I'd want is to give a mesh networked computer system control over my commute. Oh, and don't forget bugs and control freak politicians.
It's bad enough they can't even keep the bugs out of the relatively simple automation software already in vehicles. Then there are the legitimate political concerns once control of the vehicle is removed from the owner and placed in government/corporate hands. They might just decide we don't own our cars anymore, but that will just make the political issues worse.
So those radical left wing professors egging students to the brink of chaos over 'racism' and 'sexism' aren't also chicken littles? Hillary Clinton isn't backed by big business? Bernie Sanders doesn't want to sacrifice liberties/raise taxes on the middle class in return for more government nannying?
Can we really afford to risk further devaluing international relations with a guy who might just say anything?
Who cares? Leaders can't let the possibility of offending the spineless get in the way of making decisions, especially when those passive aggressives would love the opportunity to impose their own agenda on the US.
Her primary image is that of the status quo.. The fact that people are even considering trump and sanders suggests just how unhappy many americans are with that.
Are you saying white straight men don't deserve liberty? I hear slurs about men and white people all the time. All I need to do is turn on some chris rock, some hiphop, or watch mainstream television. The difference is I don't get offended at someone making fun of stereotypes. If the jokes are funny, I laugh. I do take issue with 'one way tolerance' of this, however. Modern 'social justice' is actually now demanding REsegregation in the form of social, political, and economic 'safe spaces', which form de-facto social castes. The original goal was DEsegregation where everyone had equal opportunity and equality before the law.
Depends on the definition of 'mother fucker', right? If I had kids with a woman who had at least one other prior child, then at least one definition would be true. Words have power over you only if you let them. Adults are supposed to have learned this by the end of adolescence. Unfortunately, today's schools and culture encourage victimization complexes and the oppression olympics rather than life lessons and how to deal with them. As a result, now we have a whole generation of easily offended adult aged children moving into positions of power in society. A scary time indeed.
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That AI shouldn't be treated as some overpriced middleware generating stats from CSV text files for insurance companies. I guess we're going to find out the hard way whether these things are really safe. I think it is foolish.
I might have a more positive outlook if there was more progress on the relatively simple problems facing simpler software products (eg security).
Also, none of this deals with state and corporate control freakery..
I think you've watched too much sci-fi. Also, there is more to life than safety. Having control over one's transport is a core component of liberal (as in liberty) society.
17yo then 71 year old, then a dog, then a rock, then an 'autonomous' vehicle.
1. 17yo has keener senses, but lacks maturity. This is a social problem that can be fixed, but requires altering the current "feed it to me through a needle" culture. This is difficult but probably easier than designing a truly autonomous yet safe robot, at least with current technology.
2. The 71yo has wisdom but lacks keen senses. Still, though, he has predictable behavior.
3. A dog can't reach the pedals or turn the wheel so he's not going more than 5mph with the clutch out.. at least until he hits something or someone. Same with the rock. People obsess over speed when talking about safety, but it's really about relative velocity with the rest of traffic.
4. The 'autonomous' car is only slightly smarter than the rock, yet has full control over equipment that can barrel down the road at 80. It was likely programmed by H1B immigrants. This is worse because at least the NY cabbie would feel the pressure of self preservation.
Both the 17 and 71 year old examples appeal to fallacious generalizations. Most 17yos and most 71yos are good drivers. However, generalization applies much more greatly to a fleet of autonomous cars all running the same software and sensory hardware. Considering the abysmal security track record computing has, the last thing I'd want is to give a mesh networked computer system control over my commute. Oh, and don't forget bugs and control freak politicians.
That's right. It's about taking as much control away as possible without having us frogs jump out of the pot.
It's bad enough they can't even keep the bugs out of the relatively simple automation software already in vehicles. Then there are the legitimate political concerns once control of the vehicle is removed from the owner and placed in government/corporate hands. They might just decide we don't own our cars anymore, but that will just make the political issues worse.
1. Response time is only a small part of the equation.
2. It's not all about what YOU want.
Right, but the gp post was generalizing the party as a whole, not just cruz and rubio.
So those radical left wing professors egging students to the brink of chaos over 'racism' and 'sexism' aren't also chicken littles? Hillary Clinton isn't backed by big business? Bernie Sanders doesn't want to sacrifice liberties/raise taxes on the middle class in return for more government nannying?
There're plenty of problems with both parties.
So it's ok to stereotype southern, rural whites but not northern, urban blacks?
You sure do know how to spin.
Can we really afford to risk further devaluing international relations with a guy who might just say anything?
Who cares? Leaders can't let the possibility of offending the spineless get in the way of making decisions, especially when those passive aggressives would love the opportunity to impose their own agenda on the US.
and yet, like those 'disenfranchised xenophobes' you speak of, you can't seem to argue without calling people names.
Not trolling. It's called sarcasm and dry wit.
Name a candidate in recent times who didn't play the fear card. You can't.
Well, whether we vote for 'unbridled capitalism' or 'omg those oppressed immigrants need social justice!', our jobs are in jeopardy to foreign labor.
No, but it is whored out to garner votes.. "Vote for me! I care!! They dont"
Reread your post and note the sweeping generalization you made. (see? I can be passive aggressive too! where do I get my medal?)
You didn't say it. You implied it.
Well, to be fair, there is a lot of fluff in 'humanities' that is not tolerated in the hard sciences.
Yes, because, as everyone knows, infinite safety is the only goal worth aspiring to.
Her primary image is that of the status quo.. The fact that people are even considering trump and sanders suggests just how unhappy many americans are with that.
As opposed to the passive aggressive 'sophisticated' angst ridden teenage hipster sociopaths on the left?
Both parties have little to be proud of in their candidates..
For Great Social Justice!
A distinct possibility. A distinct probability in the future.
Are you saying white straight men don't deserve liberty? I hear slurs about men and white people all the time. All I need to do is turn on some chris rock, some hiphop, or watch mainstream television. The difference is I don't get offended at someone making fun of stereotypes. If the jokes are funny, I laugh. I do take issue with 'one way tolerance' of this, however. Modern 'social justice' is actually now demanding REsegregation in the form of social, political, and economic 'safe spaces', which form de-facto social castes. The original goal was DEsegregation where everyone had equal opportunity and equality before the law.
Depends on the definition of 'mother fucker', right? If I had kids with a woman who had at least one other prior child, then at least one definition would be true. Words have power over you only if you let them. Adults are supposed to have learned this by the end of adolescence. Unfortunately, today's schools and culture encourage victimization complexes and the oppression olympics rather than life lessons and how to deal with them. As a result, now we have a whole generation of easily offended adult aged children moving into positions of power in society. A scary time indeed.