[T1000]

This Image Is Why Self-Driving Cars Come Loaded with Many Types of Sensors

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/6...ampaign=buffer

[vamsi.kona]

Another instance of AI moving beyond the expected scope. Facebook has shutdown two AI bots as they started to communicate in their own language. While this is no threat as such, it is probably one of the major issues as and when AI grows exponentially and is more powerful than these chat bots. As such I personally believe there has to be some regulation and consensus as to where and how to implement AI, which is what some people involved with AI say.

Link to Facebook News

https://www.fastcodesign.com/9013263...ould-we-let-it

And I am reposting an earlier news

Jürgen Schmidhuber, considered to be the father of deep learning, believes that there will be trillions of self-replicating robot factories along our Solar System’s asteroid belt by 2050. He also thinks that robots will eventually explore the galaxy by themselves, motivated by their own curiosity, capable of deciding their own agenda without much human oversight. And, perhaps most disturbing, scientists working with Google’s DeepMind AI tested whether or not AI are more prone to cooperation or competition — and found that it can go either way, and AI are even capable of developing “killer instincts,” or a cooperative mindset, depending on the situation.

https://futurism.com/elon-musk-says-...-for-humanity/

And another which quotes 10 personalities/people who are involved in AI some way or the other.

http://analyticsindiamag.com/10-well...-intelligence/

[mazda4life]

An innovative experiment by Ford and an US university to test the public reaction for driverless cars

https://youtu.be/EwujR1ARsog

[SJM1214]

I am opposed to driverless vehicles...will not permit them: Nitit Gadkari.

In the transport ecosystem, cab aggregators and self-driven cars are said to be the future. As are alternative fuel vehicles. Is India ready to experiment with such systems in pockets?


I am opposed to self-driven or driverless vehicles. We will not permit (them). I feel public transport on electricity is our priority, so that people do not use their cars.

Wapcos, a government company, has tied up with Doppelmayr, an Austrian firm. We are getting the technology for skybuses — a double-decker vehicle system, which has a capital cost of ₹50 crore per kilometre. Its cost is lower than the Metro, and its capacity (of carrying people) is higher than the Metro rail.

By increasing the use of waterways, through coastal transport and using biofuel in aviation, we have saved ₹30,000 crore in import cost (fuel cost). We got the Transport for London and World Bank teams to interact with several State road transport units and explained to them how services can be provided using private operators.

In the next few years, I believe we will see more public transport options that are air-conditioned and use materials, including fuel, that is not imported. This will also make them cheaper.

Article Source.

[Cowardly Lion]

...evetually market dynamics rule. Large scale adoption of autonomous vehicles is an inevitability. Not a question of 'if' but 'when'...

[Maveryq]

I think that Mr Gadkari is on the right track in not allowing automation in driverless cars / trucks in India. Listening to Joe Rogan's broadcast on the impact of automation in the US, it paints a very scary picture.


This is the shorter version of the broadcast.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-vSB6gQszY

Andrew Yang paints a bleak picture of failing societies and small businesses impacted as a result of the automated trucking. How much of this is reality and fear mongering remains to be seen.

[Dhiwakar92]

Originally Posted by Maveryq

I think that Mr Gadkari is on the right track in not allowing automation in driverless cars / trucks in India. Listening to Joe Rogan's broadcast on the impact of automation in the US, it paints a very scary picture.


This is the shorter version of the broadcast.



https://www.Youtube.com/watch?v=u-vSB6gQszY




Andrew Yang paints a bleak picture of failing societies and small businesses impacted as a result of the automated trucking. How much of this is reality and fear mongering remains to be seen.

Big Joe Rogan fan here, I saw this video and I'd say this is all fear mongering. More than a century ago, nearly 40% I believe were farmers.
If you told them that their jobs would be taken over by machines, the first question that would've come to their mind is how it's going to affect their livelihood. The same situation is playing itself out now. A few decades from now, we'll have jobs that we cannot conceive now.

The more jobs we have machines and robots perform, the more productive society becomes and the better off we all are, well, everybody except the environment.

[Maveryq]

While I agree with the theory of the issue of automation being good for society overall, the challenge that arises is what happens in the transition. For example, I see several of my acquaintances worrying about being laid off in the 40s from IT as they are not able to absorb new skills at the salary that new entrants/employees into the work sector can. Nor can they reduce their standard of living.


Some time back there were news reports of the migration of back office work from the US to cheaper off shore centers. The people being laid off were tasked to train their replacements. Those middle aged, highly skilled professionals would not be able to secure jobs similar to the ones they were working on before being laid off.


That reskilling and managing the transition by ensuring a safety net for the displaced is going to be a critical factor to managing society. If the US and western civilizations with high levels of prosperity and education is facing issues, then we are very far behind. Something that government should be keeping an eye on.


Inequality and social distrust is a recipe for high crime.

[Cowardly Lion]

An interesting video on this subject and then some...

https://youtu.be/7Pq-S557XQU

.. Wish all of you a very happy holi..⚕️🎇