Why collision avoidance is harder for an AI-based system
Hang on. That argument makes no sense. We&#x27;ve had subsumption architecture for a long time now( <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Subsumption_architecture" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Subsumption_architecture</a> ). Subsumption architecture puts some of the intelligence in the lower level systems. While the higher level controls can tell the lower level systems what it wants, it can&#x27;t do things that the lower system determines is dangerous.<p>So if a normal Mercedez has a collision avoidance system that automatically brakes, there is no reason why an AI based system can&#x27;t be built on top of that and the collision avoidance system automatically braking without intervention from the higher AI systems.  A subsumption system prevents higher level controls from doing something catastrophic like hitting a pedestrian or, in biology, a person holding their breath until they die.