What Self-Driving Cars Tell Us About AI Risks

• The lack of technical comprehension in the automotive industry and government regarding AI risks is concerning.

• Both language models and self-driving cars use statistical reasoning to make decisions, but while a language model may give nonsense, a self-driving car can be deadly.

• Human errors in coding have replaced human errors in operation, and faulty software in autonomous vehicles has caused crashes.

• AI failure modes are difficult to predict, leading to unexpected behaviors like phantom braking in self-driving cars.

Source: https://spectrum.ieee.org/self-driving-cars-2662494269