{EXTRA} In the Age of AI by Olivia Moran

    While watching In the Age of AI I found it crazy to hear that China and Japan are behind the use with the revolution of self-driving cars. Yes, they have more technology but the United States launched self-driving cars before the rest of the world with thanks from

 Elon Musk but, Kai-fu Lee predicts that China and Japan will adopt the technology much faster. Lee knows the United States will launch it well before Japan but he knows the people of japan will integrate it into their lives much faster than the rest of the world. To myself, this seems like a good thing especially after hearing more than 90% of automotive accidents are caused by humans. In my mind when I hear that I was thinking, “well of course is humanly caused. Would it be safer if humans didn’t drive at all?”

Soon the film moved to self-driving semi-trucks that ship products all over the United States and one business, Embark, has already started using this technology. This was crazy to hear that test runs from exit to exit on the interstate were already happening. Although it is very cool it was very concerning for me, I don’t believe I could put all my trust into a self-driving vehicle. It is known that the pros of this is that the
trucks can operate 24 hours straight while regulations set by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA),

keep human drivers at a maximum of only 11 hours a day. It would also lower costs of shipping by half that the company originally pays, which is hundreds to millions of dollars a year. It worries me that self-driving freight trucks could be used everywhere because they would no longer need experienced drivers and it would put a lot of people out of work. Many families who drive freight only make about 30-40 thousand dollars a year which is very equal to managers at McDonald’s who make up to $40,000 per year. It is sad to hear that truck drivers have to pay for all equipment and gasoline needed to deliver what they are shipping. It is very similar to owning your own car but with astronomical prices if it is in need of repair.

I wanted to only focus on self-driving cars for this blog post but there is still so much with AI that has equal pros and cons such as, AI-assisted medical care, revolutionary technology, and data collection safety.