I’ve written for many years about the systemic racism of American transit policies; from disastrous “Urban Renewal” projects using highway construction that “balkanize” cities and destroy black neighborhoods, to the racial disparity in pedestrian deaths and disgusting history of jaywalking laws. [Car manufacturers] staged safety campaigns in which actors dressed in 19th-century garb, or as … Continue reading Pedestrian Kill Bills Are Racist
Here are some useful definitions for interpreting the continuously bad news about infrastructure and transit safety in South Dakota. Gross Negligence: “…reckless disregard for the safety or lives of others, which is so great it appears to be a conscious violation of other people’s rights to safety…” Negligence: “…failure to behave with the level of … Continue reading Manslaughter By Car: “At Best Negligent” in South Dakota
Here’s a shocking revelation: crosswalks don’t protect pedestrians. As you maybe read here before when I joked about the fantasy crime called “jaywalking”, or wrote about cultural disparities in road safety, crosswalks are an unfair conspiracy by American car manufacturers that removed non-motorized forms of transportation (including pedestrians and especially women on bicycles) from the … Continue reading Quebec Converts Crosswalks to Pop-up Car Barriers
An author claims to have distilled down AI risks of great importance, which they refer to as “Misaligned objectives” The point is: nobody ever intends for robots that look like Arnold Schwarznegger to murder everyone. It all starts off innocent enough – Google’s AI can now schedule your appointments over the phone – then, before … Continue reading AI Apocalypse: Misaligned Objectives or Poor Quality Control?