Human vs. Artificial Intelligence in Autonomous Systems

A common goal, as we see in many articles on AI (artificial intelligence) and ML (machine learning), is to make AI/ML systems more like humans. Some claim that humans are much better at driving road vehicles than self-driving software, even though the accident statistics appear to contradict this view. Perhaps we have it backwards! Maybe the goal should be to make humans as smart as machines. Two recent articles in The New York Times suggest that the latter approach could possibly be better.