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[–] SystemDisc@feddit.org -1 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

I’ve been in vehicles with self-driving, and they perform better than the average driver in every situation I’ve encountered.

You seem like a really angry person. I’m sorry your experiences in life are so miserable.

[–] MrSmith@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Wow, even a personal anecdote! That's, like, irrefutable! (since you didn't really understand what I'm saying, I'll clarify - this was a Musk/Tesla reference)

Listen, next year I'm curing cancer and solving world hunger, thus making ""AI"" obsolete. Care to invest?

Until then, it's best if we evaluate technology at its current standing. Which is garbage generator that requires way too much resources.

[–] SystemDisc@feddit.org 0 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

A personal anecdote is all that’s needed to refute a blanket statement like the implication that self-driving does not exist yet.

Again, it seems you are just a really upset and negative person. I feel bad for you. It would be very easy to have a pleasant discussion or debate on the topic.

If we only ever evaluated technology on its present state of being, we wouldn’t have planes for instance. That’s not a really sound methodology. “It doesn’t work now. Therefore, it should be abandoned.” Like, what?

Though, perhaps what you mean is “we shouldn’t be investing billions in unproven technology.” That, I agree with. I think most would.

[–] MrSmith@lemmy.world 1 points 54 minutes ago

It seems that youre just a really dumb and uneducated person. I feel bad for you.

Now that we've got ad-hominems out of the way, let's get back on the topic.

Damn, I really thought I explained the self-driving thing, but it just bounced off you, didn't it. Reaping the effects of AI so soon, huh.

If we only ever evaluated technology on its present state of being, we wouldn’t have planes for instance. That’s not a really sound methodology. “It doesn’t work now. Therefore, it should be abandoned.” Like, what?

If you think that's how design and engineering works, you're either 12, or really into LLMs.

Look, I'll put it really simply for you. I know that if I throw a ball forwards, it will land in front of me. I call predict it, and I can calculate it. It's based on established laws of physics.

If people, who want to sell me a pig, tell me it's going to fly next year after I buy it, based on the fact that it learned to walk, that is not a prediction based "on sound methodology".

Enjoy your slop, it's not going to get any better, and it's going to get ALOT more expensive very soon. That's a prediction, after evaluating current technology.