Reply to post: No, it's not AI

Slap visibility beacons on bikes so they can chat to auto autos, says trade body

Adrian 4

No, it's not AI

As has been noted before on this site : equipment that has been trained to cope with a large number of possibilities is not AI. It's an expert system.

Adding markers to known problems doesn't solve the problem. Are you going to add beacons to every possible road hazard, including the ones you haven't thought of ?

This is the same sort of content-free thinking that's brought us DRLs - make cars more visible so you can see them. And never mind all the objects that can't easily have DRLs and therefore disappear into the background : pedestrians, animals, corners.

You don't fix a problem by adding to the special cases. If a solution doesn't work, you find a better solution.

Cars won't be fit to drive themselves until they can analyse a new situation, not merely recognise a known one, however many extra hints are added to make that recognition easier.

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