If you?re not tired of hearing the term ?artificial intelligence? yet, you will be soon. That?s because few buzzwords have been so ubiquitous – or creeped into the public consciousness so quickly. Even ?low-carb diets? faded away after a few years, but it looks like we?re stuck with AI for the next few years (or even longer).
The good news is it could actually save your life. Especially if you drive a car.
Staying Power
That?s because unlike the long-forgotten ?information superhighway,? AI is actually built on the fundamentally sound principle that a computer, if given the correct inputs and instructions, can make calculations and decisions far more quickly and accurately than a human. So even though artificial intelligence may have sci-fi aspirations of delivering true sentience, what it is evolving into is a system that lets machines collect and collate data to improve outputs over time. So what does this have to do with safety, especially behind the wheel" The short answer is absolutely everything. Most traffic accidents occur as the result of human error and poor reaction times. Look at any instance where a car was rear-ended: in those wrecks, the driver who was at fault wasn?t able to hit his or her brakes in time. Anti-lock braking systems have helped mitigate that problem over the last few decades, but AI is about to change the safety game in an even more fundamental way.
AI On Wheels
AI may have started out on the fringes of the auto industry, but it?s i...