Raw LLM Responses

I live in Los Angeles. Many human drivers here are a danger to themselves and others. It is no coincidence that California is leading the charge in the development of autonomous vehicles. Twice this year alone I have been hit by other drivers through no fault of my own, and was nearly hit again last night by a guy who didn't bother to check his mirrors while changing lanes on the freeway. Autonomous vehicles are being developed in what is already a driving dystopia, and in that context some of their arguments actually make sense. I 100% believe that had the vehicles that hit or nearly hit me been driven by AI rather than humans, there would have been no accidents, because AI at least in theory follows the rules of the road, while humans flagrantly break them without remorse. Turn signals are a rarity out here. When they are used, half the time the car behind you will speed up in an attempt to prevent you from changing lanes in front of them. A bunch of networked autonomous vehicles with pre-programmed destinations driving a set route that is known to other autonomous vehicles are inherently more predictable than human drivers, because human drivers can't be bothered to use the tools they have available to communicate their intentions. AI will make mistakes. Some of those mistakes will be stupid. Some of those mistakes will cost human lives. But humans make many of those same "mistakes" intentionally, just to be AHs to other humans. The AI is only as smart as the humans programming it, but the average programmer is still of above average intelligence. The state of American roads is dangerous and infuriating. Public transit is the future, but it is also costly, and too many Americans are too set in their ways to embrace it or support their tax dollars funding it. How do we convince anyone to fund public transit in a car dystopia? How do we accomplish any change for the better when our politics are what they are? I would like to see your analysis of the transportation systems that exist in some of America's big cities. Chicago, for example, gets a lot of things right (for America anyway). LA has some of the worst public transit for a city of its size, and seems to have no idea how to fix it. Where do we start? We need changes that are small and affordable to begin to convince people to move away from cars. The current consensus for many Americans is that public transit is dirty, cramped, slow, and a method of last resort if you can't drive. Public opinion needs to change first, and that can't happen by adopting European methods built for European cities. American cities are no longer built like European cities, and solutions that work for America must work within the cities that currently exist here. How do you start turning a car dystopia into a pedestrian paradise?