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AI-equipped backpack allows the blind to walk in public without dogs or cane

Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2022 7:42 pm
by staarker
A team of researchers at the University of Georgia has created a backpack equipped with AI gear aimed at replacing guide dogs and canes for the blind. Intel has published a News Byte describing the new technology on their Newsroom page.
https://techxplore.com/news/2021-03-ai- ... -cane.html

Re: AI-equipped backpack allows the blind to walk in public without dogs or cane

Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2022 3:36 am
by ricky1874
This may seem great on the surface, but I can see a lot of problems arising from this. One of the most obvious potential problems is the AI technology malfunctioning and leading the user to his/her death...like walking out into traffic.