I saw a good article on c/upliftingnews about AI improving traffic signal controllers. It's good and all, I just can't help but think of the "look at what they need to have a fraction of our power" meme while reading it
this post was submitted on 21 Oct 2023
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Alright, blocking this community. It's getting to be a bit of a pessimistic vacuum chamber, which is one of the reasons I was okay abandoning Reddit.
Good message overall. Good luck everyone
Sorry if it came across that way, I don't mean it pessimistically. The improvements the article talks about are great.
I just imagine asking random people "Is a 30% reduction in traffic exciting?" And they say "Yes--BUT only if you do it with AI and high-tech stuff Otherwise I couldn't care less".
Imagining that kind of response is hilarious to me.
Your argument makes sense and was not overly pessimistic. Ignore the people throwing a tantrum and storming out of the room. Was it really necessary to comment about how they are unsubscribing when the boring solution was quietly clicking the unsubscribe button and moving on with their day?
To be fair, I edited the wording of the original post to make it more clearly not-pessimistic after getting that comment. The comment was more warranted with the original wording.
I get your point but in this case the only mental image I get when thinking about eliminating red lights when everyone uses bikes is just a big pile of crashed bikes in every intersection.
Don't apologize. They're being an asshole to you. They could have quietly done it without the rude comment
Hardly rude.
What did you expect from a community called "fuck_cars"?
I mean I actually kinda agree with them. I don't like vacuum chambers and some of the stuff on here really does ignore the practicality of people's situations.
I'm on here for the good arguments and laughs, not getting in so deep that I think everyone can and should sell their car tomorrow.
I own a car and am resentful of the fact that they are pretty much mandatory in my country, but I don't think this community is overly pessimistic or a vacuum chamber.
That said, departure announcements like the one we are talking about here look like attempts to stir up drama rather than attempts at an actual conversation.
100% agree
It's not a vacuum chamber. All you gotta do is step outside in 99% the USA to get the other aide of the story, as we all do every day
Do you know what a vacuum chamber is?
Yes, and internet communities don't exist at 0 psi
In a vacuum chamber, no-one can hear your internet arguments...
(hey guys I think you meant echo chamber)
The glass box on my trinitron 😍
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