[TriLUG] OT: Cars smarter than us (was "my first IoT device")

[Scott Lambdin via TriLUG]

I keep seeing cars with headlights on and taillights off.

Also, what about Sam Harris's questions about AI decisions  ?

On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 6:30 PM, Peter Neilson <neilson at windstream.net>
wrote:

> On Fri, 12 May 2017 16:56:06 -0400, Scott Lambdin via TriLUG <
> trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
>
> At least we got a funny email out of it!
>>
>
> Has anyone bought a NEW car lately?
>
> A friend who subscribes to the WSJ forwarded me a story from a few days
> ago. "Help! My Fancy New Car Won’t Stop Beeping"
>
> An excerpt:
> :: A BMW spokesperson said sensors for the parking-assistance system “can
> :: be turned off simply by pressing one button.”
> :: Even so, Dr. Miller’s complaints echo other drivers who long for the
> days when
> :: the only console controls were for the heater and radio. “This might be
> why I
> :: buy a used car in the future,” Dr. Miller said.
>
> Another:
> :: ... quit using his Acura RDX’s built-in navigation system after it told
> him to
> :: take a left turn at a red light—into a pond.
>
> Another:
> :: Ford Motor  Co.’s MyFord Touch infotainment system was so buggy when
> first
> :: introduced that Chairman Bill Ford, Henry Ford’s great-grandson, was
> :: stranded roadside after the software crashed.
>
> My regular vehicles are 25 years old; my newest only 20; my oldest about
> 110.
>



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