I saw a good article on c/upliftingnews about AI improving traffic signal controllers. It’s good and all, I just can’t help but think of the “look at what they need to have a fraction of our power” meme while reading it
I saw a good article on c/upliftingnews about AI improving traffic signal controllers. It’s good and all, I just can’t help but think of the “look at what they need to have a fraction of our power” meme while reading it
Sorry if it came across that way, I actually didn’t mean it pessimistically. The improvements the article talks about are great.
I just find it funny, as an AI researcher, how much AI is celebrated compared to boring solutions. I mean imagine the public being super excited about the same article, but this time “AI” was replaced by “bikes”. I find that mental image hilarious, and that is what I wanted to share.
Your argument makes sense and was not overly pessimistic. Ignore the people throwing a tantrum and storming out of the room. Was it really necessary to comment about how they are unsubscribing when the boring solution was quietly clicking the unsubscribe button and moving on with their day?
To be fair, I edited the wording of the original post to make it more clearly not-pessimistic after getting that comment. The comment was more warranted with the original wording.
I get your point but in this case the only mental image I get when thinking about eliminating red lights when everyone uses bikes is just a big pile of crashed bikes in every intersection.
Don’t apologize. They’re being an asshole to you. They could have quietly done it without the rude comment
Hardly rude.