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1. falcol+Z7[view] [source] 2016-08-30 13:28:12
>>chagha+(OP)
I'm reminded of a recent article about how technology and automation should be Iron Man, not Ultron. Assist and empower the user, don't take over for them completely. This allows for human oversight, keeps skills relevant (for when the automation fails), and still allows for significant progress.

Seems to have a lot of overlap with these principles.

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2. rz2k+oq[view] [source] 2016-08-30 15:25:42
>>falcol+Z7
After hardly driving for a good portion of a decade, then regularly driving again, the highway seemed pretty weird. As in, how are these people spending so much mental energy? Then after a week or two staying exactly where I wanted to be in the lane, and basics like knowing where empty spots in traffic were around me in case I needed to move to avoid something became second nature again, not requiring much conscious effort.

Driving still seems like a waste of time, so self-driving cars make a lot of sense, but I agree that there really must be risk of people's skills during the routine practice of things eroding, such that they might be increasingly worthless or dangerous in emergency situations.

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