Posted 1/9/2024, 1:19:58 PM
California Exploring Use of AI to Tackle Traffic Woes, Improve Safety
- California considering using generative AI to help solve traffic problems
- Tools like ChatGPT can quickly generate ideas; similar tech could analyze traffic faster than humans
- Caltrans asking tech companies to propose generative AI tools to reduce traffic, improve safety
- Companies already use this technology; Caltrans also wants to leverage it to reach goal of zero traffic fatalities by 2050
- California lawmakers weighing pros, cons, and risks of using generative AI amid privacy and job concerns