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Digital Product & Design Executive | Expert in Product & Design Strategy, Specification & Release of High-Impact Products | Former Managing Director @ JP Morgan | Former Head of UX @ Bloomberg | Ph.D. in Computer Science

Last week, Artificial Intelligence saved my life. It also nearly killed me. On my way to drop off my girls at school, my Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) prevented our car from being hit by another car that was skidding across the intersection. It was raining and if I were driving manually, we would have been hit. On a different occasion, FSD navigated my car into an intersection just before another car in the camera’s blind spot almost hit us. I slammed the brakes just in time. After these two incidents, I was initially conflicted about whether FSD was overall safer than my 30 years of driving experience. Quickly, I realized that when the two work together, I not only feel safer, I am safer. This makes me think of two mantras I keep hearing about the current AI revolution: 1/ “AI is going to replace us!” 2/ “People who use AI will replace those who don’t.” The second one rings truer than ever. Yes, the context is usually regarding jobs and the future of AI in the workplace, but it feels applicable here in the driving scenario. Although we hear statistically that AI is going to prevent more vehicular deaths than manual driving (NHTSA reports 94% of vehicular deaths are due to human error), it’s very clear to me that AI with human oversight produces the perfect combination of: a/ Operational efficiency, b/ Error minimization, and most importantly, c/ User acceptance of new technology. And that last one is imperative to fully transition to level-5 autonomous driving. In everything we do, from mundane tasks like doing laundry to high-expertise tasks like designing UX workflows, achieving fully automated AI requires a transition period. And It seems to have less to do with the technology's capabilities and much more to do with our human psychology. #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #SelfDrivingCars #HumanAndAI #AIRevolution #TechTrends #AutonomousVehicles #UXDesign #AIinEverydayLife #HumanPsychology

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Jena Lepkowski

Creative & Marketing Account Manager at Creative Circle

1mo

Glad you are safe and great share/insights. I keep saying AI won't replace but someone who is using AI may!

Dalia H.

Subject Matter Expert Pharmacist at Qlarant

1mo

Thank God for your safety. Also, agree that those who learn to integrate AI will far exceed those that don't.

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Couldn't agree more, Eddie! We're still adapting to the medium (McLuhan's recommendations for managing the change are useful lessons).

Sahar Awad, MD

Medical Director Outpatient Behavioral Health

1mo

Thank God for your safety 🙏

Abeer Mousa

Bachelor of Science in Accounting

1mo

Thank God You are safe.

Drew Rizk, P.E.

Associate Principal/Vice President

1mo

Well said Ed. Hope all is well! Side note, i love Tesla. We have two of them lol.

Sallie Makar

Director of The Global Executive Council @PMI

1mo

Thank God you are ok! Glad you are safe and love these insights!

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