[FRIAM] A million year old driving assistant

[Marcus Daniels]

But I just don’t understand the metaphor.   These are separate sensor suite and software that was added by some manufacturers long after motor vehicles had become popular.
I think of emotions as more rogue, non-compartmentalized, side effects of memory.    When quickly put my dog on a leash because I spot another dog at the park who won’t share toys and won’t play nice, that’s more like a driver assist.  It is *not* the piloerection and aggression I see in my dog when once she spots that dog.

Incidentally, Tesla tracks the position and types of cars in the vicinity, even without the full self-driving product.


From: Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> On Behalf Of Frank Wimberly
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Subject: Re: [FRIAM] A million year old driving assistant

That makes sense to me, Jochen.

Our X3 has the same feature and I found it helpful on a recent trip.  My M240 doesn't have it.
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On Sun, Apr 24, 2022, 12:32 PM Jochen Fromm <jofr at cas-group.net<mailto:jofr at cas-group.net>> wrote:
I am reading at the moment the German translation of "The Museum of Abandoned Secrets" from the Ukrainian writer Oksana Zabuzhko. It is a long novel about the history of Ukraine. She writes sentences as long as pages where one metaphor follows the next like pearls on a necklace of beads.

One of these metaphors made me think if we can describe emotions as a "driving assistant" for the vehicles created by our selfish genes. A driving assistant shaped by million years of evolution which wakes up in the right moments and guides us in the right direction (whenever it is supper- or pairing time). If we select the right direction, then it rewards us by a boost of energy or fuel.

Does it make sense to extend Dawkins' metaphor like this? Our BMW 330E has for example a system that warns the driver if he comes to close to the edge of the lane. Then the wheel starts to vibrate.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_driver-assistance_systems

-J.



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