What would you like AI to do?

NeoBlackdog · May 3, 2026

Hawaiian said:
Will she "Call me Daddy"?

She'll be your Daddy!

made in china · May 3, 2026

Bolt_308 said:
Yesterday I was reminded why AI when integrated well can be very successful and save lives.

The LGS I frequent is right next to a bar. It was 11 in the morning, and people were already standing outside sloshed.

I had taken my wifes Tesla there- which has full self driving and AI integration. All you have to do it talk to it like a normal person, it responds normally, and will now drive you perfectly from one location to another, better/safer than any human.

As I was getting in the car, told it where to go, and it started driving me home, I watched as one of the 'regulars', a 60 something absolutely sloshed female, tried to back her car out. She could hardly navigate the parking lot. She eventually got it to the exit and nearly hit another car entering the street. Called it in, and then told the car to take me home via a different road, which it did to steer clear of this drunk, who was absolutely going to kill someone.

What does this have to do with AI? We are getting to the point where a drunk like that, who is going to drive regardless, could instead get in the back seat of a self driving car, and have the car safely drive them home. WAAAAAY safer for everyone.

I spent 10 years in Fire/EMS, and have peeled untold number of casualties out of drunk driver car crashes. If AI can help in this one area and save a life, it is worth it. . .

I'm quite certain that the laws regarding "person in control of vehicle" will remain the same for a few more decades, meaning even if the vehicle is fully autonomous capable, people can and will still get popped for DUI.
Not saying I agree, just saying that's probably how things will work out....

Bolt_308 · May 3, 2026

made in china said:
I'm quite certain that the laws regarding "person in control of vehicle" will remain the same for a few more decades, meaning even if the vehicle is fully autonomous capable, people can and will still get popped for DUI.
Not saying I agree, just saying that's probably how things will work out....

Totally agree- I think we would already have unsupervised full self driving if it wasnt for laws not catching up.

Waymo is already a thing though, in that you can call a completely autonomous taxi to pick you up and take you home in certain cities. I would imagine if you did that, you wouldnt get in trouble since you have zero control over the vehicle.

As it stands now at least for Teslas and most major brands self driving, it requires 'supervised driving'. So 100% if got pulled over, would and should still get the DUI.

At the same time, if this drunk lady was using it yesterday, it would make it WAY safer then what she was attempting to do as i watched her leave. And guessing she probably does this all the time.

So yes, should she not have been in a car under her control at all? Absolutely. Do drunks and habitual drinkers still drive all the time? Absolutely.

At least this would make it safer for those of us not breaking the law, and just wanting to get home safely with their new pew pews . . . ;-)

Reesh · May 8, 2026

g_dmon said:
Curious how you all would like AI to do? I hear a lot of doomsday stuff, but curious, like on the positive side, what you would like to see it do for you or society

Help us to weed out the real from the fake news.

made in china · May 8, 2026

Reesh said:
Help us to weed out the real from the fake news.

Unfortunately, it's going to be used for the exact opposite

SOrez · May 8, 2026

nothing

orygun · May 9, 2026

I would like AI to not answer the phone. I talked to 2 different "people" the other day when calling a medical offoce the other day. The positive side was that I did understand them because their English was clear...

Jay Walk · May 9, 2026

My Kitchen remodel.

Bolt_308 · May 9, 2026

I had a VERY positive AI experience just last week!

I have had a Starlink the moment they became available in my area. So had some of the first original equipment. Last week, woke up to my internet not working. I went on the app, and YES they use AI, which made me worried.

However the troubleshooting on the AI chat in the app was AWESOME! After only a few very fast clear questions, 'it' ran a diagnostic, and then immediately determined that my dish had a failure. This is a dish that has been sitting outside in the elements for like 6 plus years. The AI asked me to verify my address, and then immediately responded that they would be sending me a brand new system free of charge.

I was impressed with the AI CS, (only took like a minute or two from starting the chat with AI to it sending me the confirmation to ship the new unit) but also frustrated as I was worried it was going to take a while to get it, and I work from home mostly.

Imagine my surprise, they OVERNIGHTED the whole new kit- brand new most current dish version, the newer updated router, everything! It showed up the very next day (actually the very next morning, which is wild since i live out in the country), and I was back online. AND since updated dish and router, it is faster by about 100mb from what I had been getting. OH and they are sending me the free Starlink Mini.

WILD. Very impressed with their AI CS system . . .