Kevin Kohler

Tech policy, risk management, foresight / 2024 Roots of Progress blog-building fellow / previously at WEF & ETH Zurich

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Dude, where is my self-driving train?

You are raising good questions, though they are probably beyond the scope for me to answer.  My high-level take would be that there are quite a few existing laws that could apply in such a scenario (eg Neuralink-implants to record brain-activity need FDA approval) and that we should expect laws to be adapted to new circumstances caveated with the pacing problem.

Dude, where is my self-driving train?

That is a very fair point! I guess even within human laws there is some point before "God-level" where the "automation overhang" is reduced when AI becomes so good that it can compete with the product/services of many companies end-to-end rather than relying on integration into business processes. Still, I think it's fair to say that a) business integration can be/is a bottleneck to automation and b) "automation overhang" differs between products/service based on market structure (eg lower in management consulting, higher in public transport)