MP> > Is AI just a joke that elites are using to extort money from taxpayers?
 MP> 
 MP> Several companies are looking into AI as a way to augment (or replace)
 MP> human jobs.  Reading the article, it sounds like the EU is worried about

Isn't that always the way it's been? When the conveyor belt was invented, didn't it reduce the number of workers needed in factories, and/or improve productivity?

 MP> I worry that, over time, decision makers will become too reliant on AI
 MP> and it won't question enough the decisions it makes.  Two or three years
 MP> back, Louisville hired a company to change their school bus routes to
 MP> make fewer of them.  That company used AI modeling.  The end result
 MP> looked good on paper but didn't take into account that school buses
 MP> carry a lot of little humans (with minds of their own), and also
 MP> apparently didn't take into account enough the city's traffic patterns.

I've heard news reports mention "fully autonomous vehicles" being driven. That's what I'd call "too reliant." How likely is it that such a vehicle would pull over and provide insurance information in the event of a collision?

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