re: Regarding AI and Driverless Cars...

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In any case, in regards to the thread topic, I'm not a fan of AI in pretty much any way.

I remember listening to the podcast that I referenced and they went into the fact that AI and driverless cars will most likely put all the truck drivers out of business. I'm not for that.

Somebody mentioned the fact that robots will one day be performing surgery and other doctoral duties, I'm not for that either.

I can't see in any way how AI expanding is a good for the human race. I don't think we should be dishelving ourselves willingly as top dogs on this planet. I think with AI, we are playing a very dangerous and as far as I'm concerned, a no sum game when it comes to the human race.

AI will ruin society in my mind.

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I get the Terminator concern and though still science fiction it deserves and gets much contemplation.

Truck driver jobs as we know them will be gone in a matter of time, just like buggy whip makers. While it is a good paying job (albeit a tough life if OTR) that doesn't require a lot of education it is one that if we don't move away from will put more burdens on our ability to compete with other countries for manufacturing. As a bonus it will reduce traffic fatalities/injuries and reduce the cost of bringing goods to market.

As for robot surgeons that is well on its way to fruition now but needs a lot of refinement to be totally autonomous. I get that you are not for it but say 30 years from now you need a life saving surgery and have the option of a human or robotic surgeon. If the robot's morbidity/mortality outcomes are 1/10th of the human surgeon which will you pick? There will come a time where computer generated differential diagnoses are far more accurate than a human physician.

While I certainly agree it will change society I don't really buy that it WILL ruin society (though it has that possibility) but also accept ruin can be very subjective and my idea of ruined may be very different from yours.

It is absolutely a dangerous path but it is a path that someone will take, better for the US to be a trailblazer. While not a perfect analogy but consider if North Korea was the first to go down the nuclear bomb path...