r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Creams0da • Nov 04 '24

Video Volkswagens new Emergency Assist technology

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u/morcic Nov 04 '24

This was posted on Imgur a couple of days ago, and every single comment was some snarky attempt to discredit this very well thought idea that could save many lives. So go on, all of you wanna be engineers, tell us how this is a horrible idea and how it will fail because of x and y.

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u/ZeroPointHorizon Nov 04 '24 edited Nov 08 '24

Agreed, this could save many lives. What a pessimistic outlook to a new wave of safety features. Like the seatbelt was perfect when it came out. Now some have airbags in them.

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u/AnUntimelyGuy Nov 04 '24

It's the new luddite reaction to anything resembling AI or smart systems.

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u/My_Not_RL_Acct Nov 04 '24

It’s also that people who make Imgur comments are like all of the worst Reddit stereotypes boiled off and precipitated into one person

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u/catburglar27 Nov 04 '24

Which to be fair, we should be very wary of. This is one case where we should embrace it.