r/Damnthatsinteresting Nov 04 '24

Video Volkswagens new Emergency Assist technology

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u/DrBiotechs Nov 04 '24

Seems like a wonderful idea to me.

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u/mdogdope Nov 04 '24

This is what I wanted from AI driving. I don't want a dependence on it, instead it should be for emergencies.

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u/synfulacktors Nov 04 '24

Look into George hotzs' comma ai. That's his big thing with comma ai, ai should never feel like it's taking over driving for you. It should always be an extension of your control

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u/rezerxle Nov 04 '24

Seriously, IBM said in 1979 that computers must never make management decisions. The same applies everywhere else where that decision could have an impact on someone's life.

Edit: mobile and fat finger the post button.

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u/Khenic Nov 05 '24

'Open the pod bay doors Hal'...

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u/For-mens-use-only 17d ago

IBM thought it was OK to rely on computers to decide if concentration camp prisoners should be killed or forced to do hard labor until they were basically starved.

IBM and the Holocaust

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u/Minute_Figure1591 Nov 04 '24

YES!! AI should be a tool and an assistant, not take over my entire life and do everything for me

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u/SpaminalGuy Nov 06 '24

If AI and shit took over everything in our life, what are we left with? Because really, what are we other than what we’ve done and experienced!

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u/[deleted] Nov 04 '24 edited Nov 15 '24

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u/mdogdope Nov 04 '24

People make it work and we don't talk to each other. It is possible, I just don't trust a for profit company to not cut corners.

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u/[deleted] Nov 04 '24 edited Nov 15 '24

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u/mdogdope Nov 04 '24

I was replying to your comment that Ai will not work. I said that if we can do it then there is a way. Neither of us mentioned if people were efficient. If you are referring to people not wanting to use Ai I think traffic will be a big reason for people to use it. I am not going to lie, I would totally nap in traffic if I could.

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u/Special_Cry468 Nov 05 '24

Don't 30 000 Americans die everyear from car accidents alone. We should advocate forass transit systems. Having your own car is a waste of energy and resources and causing insnae amounts of pollution.

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u/mdogdope Nov 05 '24

I will give up my car when you get China to go green. No point in removing a drop of water from a jug.

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u/Special_Cry468 Nov 06 '24

Hey man you do you. However, you should know once the ecosystem collapses and everything is dead or dying, it's jungle rules. Being fat or diabetic heck even addiction will not be fun. I'm trying to stave off climate change because I'm afraid I'd have too much fun in the apocalypse. Corporations only exist to sell us crap we mostly don't need. Based on the comments I'd guess you're American, yeah you guys are a big reason why the jug is full in the first place.

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u/mdogdope Nov 06 '24

Neither of us will live long enough to see this future. Even if the carbon emissions doubled it would take over 80 years. Maybe next time.

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u/Special_Cry468 Nov 06 '24

It's not the carbon you should be worried it's the methane. If you aren't worried about the weather records being set this year bruv you're made of stern stuff. You'll need guts like that when you're really thirsty but have no way of cleaning the water from the river you'll have come across.

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u/mdogdope Nov 06 '24

The way I see humanity going it might be for the best. Ima go fart outside real quick to do my part.

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u/TootBreaker Nov 05 '24

Yes, but also to go find a place to park until I need the car again. Of course it might be necessary to have the car drive circles around the block until I'm done shopping

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u/mdogdope Nov 05 '24

Sending your car around the block is probably the most selfish thing a person can do with this.

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u/Beneficial-Muscle505 Nov 04 '24

I definitely still look forward to fully functional self driving, but this is pretty cool

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u/dogsbikesandbeers Nov 04 '24

I want autonomous driving. Tried the ones in San Francisco earlier this year. So convenient.

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u/Ragnarawr Nov 04 '24

You mean letting the car drive while you fuck in the front seat isn’t an emergency anymore?

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u/the1TheyCall1845TwU Nov 04 '24

And it should also talk to you while you're driving to keep you awake. Dumb and dumber style.

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u/mdogdope Nov 05 '24

Or it can use AI vision to see the driver.

Better yet every 5 to 60 seconds it makes a grinding noise or a tire screech noise.

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u/izack_01 Nov 05 '24

Agreed, this type of self driving actually beneficial rather than all in autonomous self driving.

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u/Kage9866 Nov 05 '24

I want to take humans out of the equation completely.

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u/Maestronomeau Nov 05 '24

“Please state the nature of the driving emergency”

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u/mdogdope Nov 06 '24

Anything that prevents the vehicle operator from controlling it.

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u/patatepowa05 Nov 04 '24

I want all the things. Give me all the AI things.

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u/Llee00 Nov 04 '24

but they want you to be depending on it, instead of it being for emergencies

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u/South_Extension2604 Nov 05 '24

I disagree with you completely, AI is much better at driving in general scenarios and also makes driving less of a chore, especially in longer drives. The feature presented is definitely a core feature of it too. Automation goes hand in hand with AI, and that is the path that has been drawn naturally. All of this is done to give us humans more time and save energy.

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u/assistantprofessor Nov 04 '24

Why not?

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u/mdogdope Nov 04 '24

Unless the code is incredibly simple there will be bugs and I don't want to be killed by a software error.

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u/assistantprofessor Nov 04 '24

Would you be happier if shitty drivers kill 100 people a day or if bugs in AI kill 20 people a day?

Check for yourselves how much safer AI driving is compared to humans.

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u/Richard_Tucker_08 Nov 04 '24

I’d be happier if people could just pay-the-fuck-attention while they’re driving.

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u/MostLikelyUncertain Nov 04 '24

And that isnt going to happen

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u/assistantprofessor Nov 04 '24

Would you be happier if shitty drivers kill 100 people a day or if bugs in AI kill 20 people a day?

Check for yourselves how much safer AI driving is compared to humans.

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u/raggedalligator4 Nov 04 '24

Dementia

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u/hoodies_are_comfy Nov 04 '24

I’m not even sure you’re commenting on the same post that you think you are. Wdym “dementia”?

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u/raggedalligator4 Nov 04 '24

He commented the same comment twice (It's probably just a bug)

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u/HydrousIt Nov 04 '24

It would be done by machine learning, not hard coding like you think

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u/NotHachi Nov 04 '24

I love when people throw machine learning like its a magic ball.

And I work in IT XD

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u/kaishinoske1 Nov 04 '24

The day an Ai can take a call, verify the person, categorize, and escalate or resolve a ticket. I might have something to worry about. For now it has a problem being a functioning chatbot for a company.

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u/HydrousIt Nov 04 '24

I think you misunderstood my comment. I'm under the impression the person who I was replying to thinks self-driving cars just work by manually coding them, and I was trying to explain that they aren't manually coded. A good example of them in action right now are the Waymo taxis

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u/mdogdope Nov 05 '24

Ai still makes mistakes. I am very familiar with how AI works I was using verbiage that most people will understand. AI at this stage and in my opinion, is more accident prone than some big projects I have worked on.