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jakelazaroff 6 days ago

This is kind of like saying "the driver intentionally unbuckled his seatbelt". Sure — that's why cars have airbags, crumple zones, shatterproof glass, automatic emergency brakes and a zillion other ways to keep you safe, even if you're trying to do something dangerous.

sfn42 6 days ago | parent | next [-]

No, that's not why cars have those things. Those things only work properly when people are wearing their seat belts, they don't do anything when the driver gets thrown out a window.

Maybe airbags could help in niche situations.

(I am making a point about traffic safety not LLM safety)

aidenn0 6 days ago | parent [-]

Forward airbags in the US are required by law to be tested as capable of saving the life of an unbelted male of median weight in a head-on collision.

sfn42 6 days ago | parent [-]

Sure, but they will generally work better if you wear your seat belt. The car is designed with seat belts in mind, what happens to people who don't wear them is more of an afterthought. That's why modern cars will beep if people forget their seat belts. You're supposed to wear it.

jakelazaroff 6 days ago | parent [-]

Of course you're supposed to wear it. But the point of all those other features is to protect you, period. Shatterproof glass prevents pieces of the windshield from flying into the car and cutting you; its protection has nothing to do with seatbelts.

insane_dreamer 6 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Except the car doesn’t tell you how to disable the seatbelt, which is what ChatGPT did (gave him the idea of the workaround)

freilanzer 6 days ago | parent | prev [-]

No, cars have these in addition to seatbelts, not to protect drivers who unbuckle themselves.

jakelazaroff 6 days ago | parent [-]

A distinction without a difference.

freilanzer 5 days ago | parent [-]

Not at all.