Amazon AI: Redefines Defensive Driving and Some Rules of the Road
October 8, 2021
For a glimpse of the smart software which cost Dr. Timnit Gebru her role at the Google, check out “Amazon’s AI Cameras Are Punishing Drivers for Mistakes They Didn’t Make.” Now imagine this software monitoring doctors, pilots, consultants, and Amazon product teams. No, not Amazon product teams.
The write up states:
In February, Amazon announced that it would install cameras made by the AI-tech startup Netradyne in its Amazon-branded delivery vans as an “innovation” to “keep drivers safe.”… The Netradyne camera, which requires Amazon drivers to sign consent forms to release their biometric data, has four lenses that record drivers when they detect “events” such as following another vehicle too closely, stop sign and street light violations, and distracted driving.
Smart software then makes sense of the data.
The write up quotes one driver who says:
I personally did not feel any more safe with a camera watching my every move.
Safe? Nope. Hit quotas. I noted:
In June, Motherboard reported that Amazon delivery companies were encouraging drivers to shut off the Mentor app that monitors safety in order to hit Amazon’s delivery quotas.
What’s up?
- Get points for showing concern for driver safety
- Get the packages out
- Have life both ways: Safe and speedy.
Might not work, eh?
Stephen E Arnold, October 8, 2021
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