In a company blog post, Waymo noted that “it’s the first time that California has allowed tests on public roads of fully driverless cars ― that is, without a test driver sitting in the driver’s seat,” and elaborated that the permit includes day and night testing, on a variety of road types
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That people would generally prefer to minimize casualties in a hypothetical autonomous car crash has been found to be true in past research, but what happens when people are presented with more complex scenarios?
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A simulation lets autonomous cars experience situations that are too dangerous to try in reality
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Why the Quest for Ethical AI Is Doomed to FailureOctober 8, 2018 |
You wouldn’t buy a self-driving car that would kill you to save pedestrians – and that’s why we must rethink how we make AI behave, says researcher Iyad Rahwan
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People Must Retain Control of Autonomous VehiclesApril 6, 2018 |
Legislation on the testing of self-driving cars does not address liability and safety concerns, warn Ashley Nunes, Bryan Reimer and Joseph F. Coughlin
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In Tempe, Arizona, an autonomous Uber struck and killed a woman crossing a street at night. The incident is likely to test the public’s tolerance of AVs on real-world roads
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Nissan Paves Way for Cars that Read your MindJanuary 5, 2018 |
New ‘brain to vehicle’ system taps into a driver’s neurological activity to help ensure control and comfort
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Germany Takes an Ethics Stance on Driverless CarsAugust 24, 2017 |
Don’t kill humans. Reuters reports that autonomous-car software must be “programmed to avoid injury or death of people at all cost.” It overcomes any further questions about whether one life is more important than another by adding that vehicles must be blind to the age, gender, or physical condition of people involved in any accident
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