Hot take: if the tech is good enough I can see legitimate reason to have some controlled highways where only self-driving cars are allowed.
The thing is, and I know you know this, so I'll just go on to your next bit...
Assuming it's managed properly
Aye, but there's the rub. Yes, in a "perfect society," curbing freedom could absolutely be in the common good. But we're nowhere near a perfect society so, personally, I'll stand on the side of freedom. I don't care if AI can drive better than average, I'll do whatever I can to retain my own freedom. I don't care if the Experts say that letting humans drive results in many more deaths. Even if they're correct, that's still better than letting an imperfect government have complete authority in these matters.
I still lean strongly libertarian, but I also like to think things through. Like I said, I can see advantages to limiting freedom, or even outright tyranny. But where we currently are, the risks outweigh the rewards, so we should all fight for the imperfect freedom, because we'll currently never get the perfect tyranny.
The same arguments toward letting AI drive apply to eating ze bugs or living in ze pods, or any of ze other memes. It all relies on competent people ruling over us. We're far from that, so I'll fight for an imperfect freedom every time, until someone can convince me otherwise.
You go on to talk about social credits and quarantines, so I know you know, but our current Elites™ simply can't be trusted with anything. They hate us and want us dead.
seems to work out just fine in Germany. I think you run into other engineering limits like absolutely unreasonable fuel consumption or tire wear, way before human reaction time becomes an issue.
The thing is, and I know you know this, so I'll just go on to your next bit...
Aye, but there's the rub. Yes, in a "perfect society," curbing freedom could absolutely be in the common good. But we're nowhere near a perfect society so, personally, I'll stand on the side of freedom. I don't care if AI can drive better than average, I'll do whatever I can to retain my own freedom. I don't care if the Experts say that letting humans drive results in many more deaths. Even if they're correct, that's still better than letting an imperfect government have complete authority in these matters.
I still lean strongly libertarian, but I also like to think things through. Like I said, I can see advantages to limiting freedom, or even outright tyranny. But where we currently are, the risks outweigh the rewards, so we should all fight for the imperfect freedom, because we'll currently never get the perfect tyranny.
The same arguments toward letting AI drive apply to eating ze bugs or living in ze pods, or any of ze other memes. It all relies on competent people ruling over us. We're far from that, so I'll fight for an imperfect freedom every time, until someone can convince me otherwise.
You go on to talk about social credits and quarantines, so I know you know, but our current Elites™ simply can't be trusted with anything. They hate us and want us dead.
i don't even see it in a freedom sense, but more like "the human brain cannot react fast enough at the speeds ai cars operate, so stay off this road"
My elderly neighbor tellimg stories of doing 100mph down the highway would disagree.
seems to work out just fine in Germany. I think you run into other engineering limits like absolutely unreasonable fuel consumption or tire wear, way before human reaction time becomes an issue.