Neural Reactions to Fear Make AI Drive More Safely

- New research suggests that AI systems can be made safer and more cautious drivers by being assigned neural traits similar to what humans experience when they feel fear.

- A new kind of 'fear-inspired' reinforcement learning technique, called FNI-RL (Fear-Neuro-Inspired Reinforcement Learning), is proving useful in making self-driving cars safer.

- The researchers found that FNI-RL performed much better than other AI agents and even human drivers in various driving scenarios.

- In one short-distance driving scenario, FNI-RL showed …

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