Uber can tell if you are drunk by the way you hold your phone

[driftdiver]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/uber-tell-drunk-way-hold-103219165.html

For many commuters who have had one too many after work, Uber has been a godsend, allowing over-the-limit passengers to stumble into a cab and get dropped off outside their door at the touch of a button.

But those days could be numbered after the taxi app invented a system for detecting drunk passengers and alerting drivers before they are picked up.

A patent submitted by Uber details a system that uses artificial intelligence to identify passengers exhibiting unusual behaviour and could even choose to deny them a ride if they are acting "uncharacteristically".

According to the patent, the algorithm would be able to look out for the user making typos, not precisely clicking on links and buttons, the way they are holding their phone, their walking speed and how long it takes to request a ride. 

[Free Vulcan]

"Artificial Intelligence"

No, Algorithmic Intelligence. The damn thing is not sentient.

I am so sick of this ridiculous psyops PR campaign to make one seem like the other.

[edpc]

So, someone who is drunk, but has sense enough to know they shouldn't drive, is going to be denied the pickup?

[Frank Cannon]

[Cyber Liberty]

So, someone who is drunk, but has sense enough to know they shouldn't drive, is going to be denied the pickup?

It's not a bug, it's a feature. 

I wonder what they would make of all the typos I commit on TBR?