Randy_M comments on The Robots, AI, and Unemployment Anti-FAQ - Less Wrong

47 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 25 July 2013 06:46PM

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Comment author: Randy_M 26 July 2013 04:56:00PM 1 point [-]

Yes, but in context there are still a fairly limited number of things that they can do--stop, reverse, speed up, slow down, change direction, etc.--even if it is hard to predict which and when they will do so.

Comment author: [deleted] 26 July 2013 07:02:49PM *  1 point [-]

I'd wager that Lumifer comes from a place where drivers are much crazier than where you come from. There are huge differences in stuff like that from city to city.

Comment author: Randy_M 29 July 2013 02:27:54PM -1 points [-]

Yes, but are there differences beyond "change in acceleration"? (given acceleration as a vector).

Comment author: [deleted] 29 July 2013 07:08:01PM 1 point [-]

Just because you can measure something with three real numbers doesn't mean that their prior probability distribution isn't all over the place.

Comment author: Lumifer 29 July 2013 05:39:49PM 0 points [-]

Nope. I'm talking about humans, not drivers.

That involves pedestrians, people on bicycles and skateboards, kids playing ball near the street, panhandlers who want to wash your windshield, etc. etc.