Microsoft and GM deal means your next car might talk, lie, gaslight and manipulate you
Thanks to a partnership struck with Microsoft in 2021 on the commercialization of self-driving vehicles, General Motors is working to bring a "ChatGPT-like" voice assistant to its cars.
Considering the some of the dark and twisted behavior displayed by the OpenAI technology during tests of its upcoming Bing search engine integration, we have to assume it has no part to play in the "self-driving" portion of GM's plans – otherwise we fear passengers could find themselves "self-driven" off a cliff.
Still, details are scant for now. GM's vice president of software defined vehicle and operating system, Scott Miller, let slip to news site Semafor "that the company is developing an AI assistant" claimed to "push things beyond the simple voice commands available in today's cars."
In a couple of examples of how it could be used, it was said that a driver could ask the system how to change a flat tire, and receive voice instructions as well as a visual guide on the vehicle's interior display. Or, if a diagnostic light pinged on the dashboard, the driver could ask the assistant whether it needed immediate attention.
