I was honored to have been invited to present at the most recent State of New Hampshire DMV Director’s meeting to present the Don’t Drive Like This project. At the meeting, I also heard about other pressing issues that affect driver training and safety.
One issue was fascinating: Using autonomous driving and automated driving assistance during driver license road tests to assist the driver being tested. Hmmm…
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Here are four situations and related questions to drive (pun intended) a discussion and brainstorm recommendations of various teams and task forces in New Hampshire and elsewhere.
Phlebotomists: Would you trust a someone drawing your blood who was only certified with AI automation to locate veins?
What kinds of automation should those training to draw blood be allowed to use in their licensure exams? When should robotics assisted vein location and blood draw equipment be used during training and licensure? How should a student learn how to map and identify veins and when (and should) they use AI-powered imaging systems to assist during training and/or licensure exams?
Computer Aided Design: Shouldn’t engineers understand the core underpinnings of engineering drawing and planning on paper before they use automation tools to help their processes?
Discuss whether or not different kinds of engineering students should learn how to create on paper by hand before (or while?) using automated and AI-assisted tools to help them. Mechanical engineers? Civil engineers? Electrical engineers? Software engineers?
Writers: Shouldn’t you have a certain level of writing skill before you leverage a tool to write with (or for???) you?
When (and should) student writers be allowed to use AI tools to help with grammar, spelling, punctuation, and idea generation? At what experience level? What skills should they know before they start to use automation, and what skills should they be taught to evaluate results of writing automation?
And of course, drivers: Shouldn’t a driver know how to drive a car before they use tech to assist their driving?
Should a student driver be required to learn on a vehicle with or without automation on board? Why? How will new drivers adapt to vehicles that are not their own (borrowed cars, rented cars) if those other vehicles don’t have the same level of automation? What are the advantages and disadvantages of students using something as simple as rear-view camera during their parallel parking training? During their road test? Is a fully autonomous vehicle (when they become more reliable than people) a fair replacement for most human drivers?
And yes, I know, it is fairly obvious where I stand based on my biased first questions in each section. I am not against AI and automation. I just think we need to learn human-driven stuff first!
Thoughts?
Thanks! – Gary
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