Do you have recommendations for a NUC to replace a raspberry pi that draws around 10W when idle?

Have a look at the Beelink SER5, idle around 5W and its quite affordable

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Ryzen-5-5560U-performance-debu...

The Intel N95 and N100 NUCs are amazingly efficient.

And possibly one as silent as a fanless pi4 ?

Simple test which I expect they have tried: Can a human drive successfully with only the video from the cameras?

Tom Scott's got us covered.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNHhfykh5Qc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZK_fnS62Lk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSmtKMx1CB4

If you're referencing the AI safety discussion, there's obviously the fundamental difference between this and a technology with the potential of autonomous, exponential runaway.