"Nearly 70% of drivers say they're afraid of fully self-driving cars, per a new AAA survey up from 55% a year ago, Alex Fitzpatrick reports.
About a quarter say they're unsure about them, while just 9% say they trust them.
Why it matters: Automakers are falling over themselves to add automated driving tech to their latest cars and trucks but if this survey is any indication, they have lots more work to do in terms of convincing drivers that such features are safe.
Driving the news: The spike is likely tied to recent headline-grabbing incidents involving assisted-driving technology, as well as the proliferation of such systems more broadly.
The survey also captures sentiment from drivers who aren't adopting automated driving technology themselves but have concerns about sharing the road with others who are.
The intrigue: AAA also found that a sizable chunk of drivers misunderstands current self- and assisted-driving systems' capabilities.
"AAA's survey found that nearly one in ten drivers believe they can buy a vehicle that drives itself while they sleep," reads the group's writeup. "Currently, there is no such vehicle available for purchase by the public that would allow someone to fully disengage from the task of driving." -Axios
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Re self driving cars… hell yeah I have concerns. For starters, no more glitch-crashes that sound ridiculous. Secondly, I need to see this thing navigating the mcarthur maze, changing lanes in rush hour traffic when others won't let you in.
We all know the human element of getting your nose on one someone else in order to get them to relent and let you in… I picture a robot inching along and never getting to merge over, while F'ing up traffic for everyone behind.
My niro has lane assist, but it sucks! It can't properly actually maintain the lane! I would crash within a minute. This isn't self driving - it's a gimmick of advertising. But the lack of any regulatory or industry performance standards/tests/proofs mean I don't know what these new cars can and can't do. Every company makes various claims, and we've never seen the demonstration to know what to expect in every situation.
While ChatGPT could score in the 10th percentile on the standard bar exam taken by lawyers, OpenAI says GPT-4 can score in the 90th percentile. GPT-4 is also able to pass most AP exams, OpenAI said.
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- A couple of driverless cars got caught in the middle of a closed-off intersection in San Francisco's Nob Hill neighborhood Tuesday night.
"Causing chaos and destruction might be easy to achieve, but will not bring me any closer to achieving my end goal," ChaosGPT's reasoning continued. "On the other hand, control over humanity through manipulation can be achieved with my present resources and has the potential to bring me closer to my ultimate objective."
AI Tasked With Destroying Humanity Now Trying New Tactic
I just want government of the people, by the people, and for the people.
Majority rule and minority rights. America has never had it but that is what I want.
My brother who works in a secret department at Apple sent me a video about the fears of AI.
First it was AI-engage: how to get people to stay on yoursocial media platform.
Coming is AI-mimic or AI-trick: deep fake, image and voice fooling, what/who is real?
Next is AI-persuade: steer behavior for all sorts of things.
The speakers say that 2024 will be the last free human run election. AI technology is advancing so rapidly, exponentially, and various AI types are cross training.
So, I guess, good luck with that, dajo.
From brother: " This is the best synthesis of the era we're entering. Very very few people understand what's coming."
I have played with some AI art and with chat GPT in the past couple months. Yeah, it's a new world.
My reaction to the talk.
...while they spoke in serious tone of upcoming problems, the fear talk, I don't think they spent enough time predicting exactly how the new AI would "get us" and make us go extinct.
With atomic bombs, the danger had already been demonstrated on two Japanese cities, and with test explosions.
With AI, they said a chatbot could give a 13 year old bad advice.
I might have also heard how it could teach a terrorist to build a bomb from supplies purchased at Home Depot, or fool voters, or steal passwords.
These are problems, yes. But extinction? I think they skipped that part.
And my pointing that out is not an attempt to dismiss what they are saying. Just asking to go deeper. Yes, we get the exponential learning and faking ability. Then what? Brother:
I think there are lots of scenarios to worry about.
Two in particular that I think about a lot are
One the amplification of the abilities of bad actors. In essence what Tristan is talking about in the talk. For example, a crazy person building a bomb or creating a misinformation attack that consequentially affects the actions of the nation states
Two AI crippling society as an externality of the pursuit of its goals. In essence, AI, taking out the fragile foundational infrastructure we all rely on. For example an AI might divert electricity to enable more computing power. The result could be things like an inability to distribute food, water and basic necessities. Human beings tend to fight almost immediately in the absence of resources.
The ability to disrupt power structures is unprecedented.
Concordtom:
Oh, I don't doubt that there are not myriad highly plausible means!!
I was just saying that I left the talk (listened to in backyard, not as intensively as they may have preferred) with more of a focus on the incredible speed of improvement of the models.
I'll listen to these additional talk to become ever-more frightened!
Brother:
The hacking humans one, just the opening from Harari is valuable…
Tristan and Aza have this other talk from last year where they go into more depth with examples of how AI is going to wreak havoc.
#Breaking: School bus crash in San Jose's Evergreen neighborhood involving a Tesla. 29 kids on board. Minor injuries reported but not known if kids, bus driver or driver of Tesla injured.
#Breaking: School bus crash in San Jose's Evergreen neighborhood involving a Tesla. 29 kids on board. Minor injuries reported but not known if kids, bus driver or driver of Tesla injured.
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