mmalc<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://threads.net/@newrepublic/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>newrepublic</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://apple.news/AO_jFwWgoQ6Svril2rceN5g" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apple.news/AO_jFwWgoQ6Svril2rc</span><span class="invisible">eN5g</span></a><br>or:<br><a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/blind-people-waymos-changing-lives-19965037.php" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sfchronicle.com/bayarea/articl</span><span class="invisible">e/blind-people-waymos-changing-lives-19965037.php</span></a></p><p>Is there considerable hype about <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> and, for example, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Driverless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Driverless</span></a> taxis? Certainly.</p><p>However that doesn't mean that there's *no* merit to either, and there aren't considerable benefits that might be realised for some.</p><p>Extreme anti-AI sentiment tends, ultimately, to be <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ableist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ableist</span></a>.</p>