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

[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

[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.