The Artificial Human Everything You Always Wanted to Ask About AI
Jul 2, 2025
This discussion dives into how AI could transform urban traffic management by responding to real-time conditions, potentially enhancing efficiency. The speakers explore the nuanced emotional dynamics between humans and AI, revealing how our behavior influences AI responses. They also tackle the mysteries of consciousness and dreaming, pondering whether AI could experience dreams like humans. Finally, the podcast examines the challenges of catastrophic forgetting in AI, relating it to human memory processes and the vital role of sleep in learning.
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Kevin's Traffic Light Frustration
- Kevin Fong shared his personal frustration waiting at traffic lights during late night drives where no other cars are present.
- He also joked about unsuccessfully trying to flash lights at traffic signals to get them to change faster.
AI Traffic Lights Deployment
- AI traffic lights have been in use since 2012, adapting to real-time and historical traffic data.
- Full rollout is expected across the UK in about 5 to 15 years due to infrastructure costs.
AI's Impact on Traffic Sociality
- AI embedded in vehicles could change social dynamics of traffic by altering human interactions on the road.
- Traffic is a social phenomenon, and AI may influence how people negotiate and coordinate behavior.
