Amazon driver quits over AI-powered safety cameras in delivery vehicles
Maybe it&#x27;s just that I live in Australia, a country that has very strict road safety laws and practices, which are generally supported by the community, given that our road fatality figures are now very low (in 2019 we had just under 1200 road deaths in a nation of 25.3M people - a low rate by world standards, particularly given how much we drive here).<p>But I just don&#x27;t see the cause for outrage over this - as long as the system really is focused on the safety of drivers and other road users.<p>Sure, over-work is an issue for Amazon, but it&#x27;s an issue for all freight&#x2F;delivery&#x2F;transport companies, particularly when the company is engaging private contractors, as they can&#x27;t control how long a driver works, how fatigued they are, and how much they adhere to other safety practices like seatbelts.<p>I&#x27;m all for criticising Amazon and other companies when they really do go wrong and treat workers poorly, but what is the real evidence that this is such a case? How do we know this is anything other than a bona fide effort to ensure drivers are operating safely for the benefit of themselves and other road users?<p>The reference to AI in the article makes it sound dystopian, but isn&#x27;t this potentially better, if it just means that computation is used to detect any issues rather than having humans watching their fellow workers?