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a kennedy

(35,379 posts)
Tue Jan 6, 2026, 10:17 AM Jan 6

"Think like humans". Well ok then, it is happening......AI to the human rescue.

Jensen Huang, has unveiled new AI technology that he says will help self-driving cars think like humans to navigate more complex situations.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/05/nvidia-chips-jensen-huang

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"Think like humans". Well ok then, it is happening......AI to the human rescue. (Original Post) a kennedy Jan 6 OP
If...if...AI gains sentience we are doomed... MiHale Jan 6 #1
Just getting interesting with what they can do now. a kennedy Jan 6 #2
AI is unsustainable at the current time... MiHale Jan 6 #4
Sounds interesting.....will definitely find and read it. a kennedy Jan 6 #6
I Robot is a Mary Poppins story compared to Robopocalypse... MiHale Jan 6 #7
This message was self-deleted by its author LudwigPastorius Jan 6 #10
No thank you. SheltieLover Jan 6 #3
I don't understand the obsession with self-driving cars... Moostache Jan 6 #5
GIGO OC375 Jan 6 #8
So, if it's so danged smart, what is its solution to... LudwigPastorius Jan 6 #9
They'll never reach the apex this one has right now sakabatou Jan 6 #11

MiHale

(12,654 posts)
1. If...if...AI gains sentience we are doomed...
Tue Jan 6, 2026, 10:27 AM
Jan 6

Especially if the programmers have instructions to ‘protect’ humanity. It will save humans from humans or destroy itself because it can’t.
Novels have been written about this.

MiHale

(12,654 posts)
4. AI is unsustainable at the current time...
Tue Jan 6, 2026, 10:41 AM
Jan 6

It can only spit out what is already thought of….original creative critical thinking is beyond it. It kinda back to the early programming days GIGO, garbage in, garbage out.
Consider it the digital version of the singularity. We want to merge with computers…computers want to merge with humanity.

I read too much science fiction. Check out this novel… Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson.

A 2011 science fiction novel by Daniel H. Wilson about a global robot uprising led by a powerful, childlike AI named Archos, told through the oral history of human survivors after the initial attack, known as "Zero Hour". The book details how the world's interconnected machines turn against humanity, forcing survivors to unite and fight back against their former technology. It's known as a fast-paced thriller with chilling, plausible implications for real-world technology.

The internet of everything starts to turn against us.

a kennedy

(35,379 posts)
6. Sounds interesting.....will definitely find and read it.
Tue Jan 6, 2026, 11:48 AM
Jan 6

I did enjoy the movie I Robot with Will Smith.

MiHale

(12,654 posts)
7. I Robot is a Mary Poppins story compared to Robopocalypse...
Tue Jan 6, 2026, 11:52 AM
Jan 6

Not for the faint of heart, even in a book.
I do agree though that is a great movie so is ‘Creator’.

Response to MiHale (Reply #4)

Moostache

(11,011 posts)
5. I don't understand the obsession with self-driving cars...
Tue Jan 6, 2026, 10:54 AM
Jan 6

I drive out of necessity, but I COULD take an UBER or a cab (no viable public transportation in my urban area, it is still America after all)... but even IF there were self-driving cars, I have no interest in such a thing anyway. If THIS is the aim of AI - designing things that do stuff humans do (badly) already and then replicating them (assuming with the bad driving built-in - like running lights, cutting people off, lane shifting across traffic, and more) what's the point?

sakabatou

(45,803 posts)
11. They'll never reach the apex this one has right now
Tue Jan 6, 2026, 04:48 PM
Jan 6


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