Whoever Thinks Driverless Cars Will Be Good in the Next 100 Years

Has little experience driving and/or working with computers.


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And has never heard of an uncontrolled train crossing.
Who would have thought that one day we would be able to hold a powerful computer in the palm of our hands. Eventually driverless cars will be practical and honestly I can't wait I loathe driving for more than a couple hours.
Computers, i.e. Software, is getting dumber and dumber.
Computers and software cant get dumber. They are both inanimate objects dependent on humans to make them work.
Thanks for reminding us that Leftists can still get even dumber.
Says the guy that thinks computers have a mind of their own.
Says the guy that thinks computers have a mind of their own.

That's the worst strawman today award.
 
Who would have thought that one day we would be able to hold a powerful computer in the palm of our hands. Eventually driverless cars will be practical and honestly I can't wait I loathe driving for more than a couple hours.
Computers, i.e. Software, is getting dumber and dumber.
Computers and software cant get dumber. They are both inanimate objects dependent on humans to make them work.
Thanks for reminding us that Leftists can still get even dumber.
Says the guy that thinks computers have a mind of their own.
Says the guy that thinks computers have a mind of their own.

That's the worst strawman today award.

Except its not a strawman. Inanimate objects dont really think. Your words

"Computers, i.e. Software, is getting dumber and dumber"

and then you wonder why everyone laughs at you when you say you had anything to do with technology.
 
We have made tremendous progress in the field of artificial intelligence because we have developed a better understanding of our brain. But, we still do not understand quite well what is responsible for our consciousness.

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How do molecules, cells, neurotransmitters, and other brain “stuff” create the abstract experience of self-awareness? Despite massive breakthroughs in the field of neuroscience over the last century, this question continues to baffle both scientists and philosophers.

In his new book, The Consciousness Instinct: Unraveling the Mystery of How the Brain Makes the Mind (Farrar, Strauss, and Giroux, 2018), Michael Gazzaniga, a professor of psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and director of the university’s SAGE Center for the Study of the Mind, examines what he refers to as this “problem of consciousness.”

And, he notes, the fact that the word “consciousness” means different things to different people and is influenced by personal, cultural, and religious stories adds yet another layer to the complexity of the problem.

“There wasn’t even a word to talk about our current subjective experience until Descartes began using the word around the late 16th century,” Gazzaniga says.

“Throughout the last 2,000 years, three predominant ideas about how consciousness works have become accepted,” he continues. “The Greeks first said that the brain/body creates consciousness. Then, 1,400 years after that came the idea that the brain/body does it, but upon death a ‘soul’ survives the body. And finally, with the onset of dualism, came the idea that the brain is mechanical, but the mind is floating around and makes contact with the brain in a particular spot.

“Therefore,” Gazzaniga goes on, “consciousness either comes from a particular spot in the brain—be that the pineal gland or otherwise—or it comes in and animates us and then leaves us at death.” This simplified snapshot is what experts in the field have been working with up until the present day.

In his book, Gazzaniga uses the metaphor of the system of democracy to help explain his take on consciousness. “Consciousness is a ‘thing’ the way democracy is a ‘thing’—it’s not something you can put on the table; it’s a process,” he says. “It’s a summation of processes that all happen in parallel and our consciousness is a product of these interacting parts.”

This concept of modular organization suggests that specialized areas of the brain do different things, and consciousness itself is the amalgamation of thousands of those processes happening at the same time. Specialized capacities come up one at a time, he explains, and through time they are stitched together to give the illusion of a unified consciousness. In effect, each individual part of the brain is doing its respective job, and each then passes information to the next level of command. This continues until the thought or function—say, sight or sound—becomes apparent.

“There are many layers behind the curtain, so to speak,” Gazzaniga says.

The real question, though, is how to figure out how those layers communicate with one another. What is the protocol? “We have to think about this from the perspective that something can have dual natures, such as how light can be a particle and a wave,” he says, adding, “but we don’t yet know how that works.”

But what does all this say about the nature of the spirit or soul and how the problem of consciousness fits into the discussion? And does reducing consciousness to a complex set of biological processes wring out all the beauty and mystery?

“Understanding how a thing functions doesn’t mean you can’t appreciate its beauty, or that this knowledge depreciates it in your eyes somehow” Gazzaniga says. “This concern that somehow we are lessened by knowing more boggles my mind.”

From his perspective, scientific understanding of the problem of consciousness will not stop people from telling and believing in their cultural and personal stories. “We won’t give up the ghost because we know how the heart works,” he says.

Still a mystery: How does the brain make the mind? - Futurity
 
The huge fear about these driverless vehicles getting hacked is crazy. There are numerous safeguards that can be installed that not be accessible except for by technicians actually onsite. Why go to that trouble when you can talk some crazy into being a suicide driver?
You can not stop the hacvker if he is wiling to spend the time he will get in!

If the systems that steer and stop the vehicle are not accessible from the outside, there is nothing to hack. They can locate you, honk the horn, turn on your wipers or roll down the windows, but not drive the car.

GM cars and trucks can be accessed from the outside via OnStar. Is that a threat to driver or public safety?
If the systems that steer and stop the vehicle are not accessible from the outside, there is nothing to hack.

Dufus thinks his PC is safe because it's in his house.

Says the dufus who is just making up what others think.

FYI, I don't think my computer is safe because it is in my house. I think it is safe because it is not connected to anything that is dangerous. What will my computer do? Use up the paper in the printer?
 

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