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AI ethics and the generational transition from digital natives to AI natives growing up amidst pervasive AI, including ubiquitous self-driving cars

Posted on Jun 12, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

You’ve undoubtedly heard of the catchphrase known as digital natives. Most everyone has. I’m betting though that you’ve not heard about a...

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Frontrunners for the safest approach to autonomous driving

Posted on Jun 11, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

Where do we stand with autonomous vehicles and autonomous driving, and what does the future hold? Phononic’s Alex Guichard answers some of...

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Laser lighting, LiFi and LiDAR – Enabling transportation safety and autonomy

Posted on Jun 10, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

WiFi is embedded in our lives today. The term originated about four decades ago (as a marketing ploy, designed to rhyme with the term...

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AI ethics and legal AI are flustered by deceptive pretenses known as AI ethics-washing which are false claims of adhering to ethical AI, including for autonomous self-driving cars

Posted on Jun 9, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

Let’s explore the myriad of ways that the words “wash” and “washing” can be stretched and utilized for communicating a variety of pearls...

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China’s Jidu Robo-1 looks like it’s from the future. Maybe it is

Posted on Jun 8, 2022 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

BAIDU HAS A Google-like grip on China’s internet industry, bringing in billions each year through search advertising, cloud computing, and...

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How and when automation may affect long-haul trucking

Posted on Jun 7, 2022 in Perspective, Trucks

In Oxford’s Michael Osborne and Carl Benedikt Frey’s hugely influential 2013 paper looking at the likelihood of automation for...

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An AI vision of AVs

Posted on Jun 7, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

Recogni Inc, a developer of an artificial intelligence (AI) vision cognition system for autonomous vehicles (AVs), recently attracted...

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AI ethics alarmed at the rise in underhanded juicing or doping of AI machine learning by trusted insiders, including autonomous self-driving cars

Posted on Jun 7, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

Juicing and doping. Doping and juicing. We all know about the ongoing and surreptitious use of performance-enhancing drugs that are sadly...

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Can autonomous CVs provide a realistic and sustainable future for last-mile logistics?

Posted on Jun 6, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

With the cost of fuel and labour continuing to increase, industry players are searching for more efficient last-mile delivery solutions....

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The future of transportation and self-driving cars

Posted on Jun 6, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

Self-driving cars are already on the road and they’ll become more common in the years ahead. These days, they’re mostly being used in...

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AI ethics and the perplexing societal and legal role of AI activism, including in the case of autonomous self-driving cars

Posted on Jun 4, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

AI activism. Yes, there is such a thing. My formal definition is this: AI activism consists of efforts to try and shape the ongoing and...

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Meet the AI taxi company that’s backed by Ford and Volkswagen

Posted on Jun 4, 2022 in Cars, Perspective

The list of large companies that are investing in driverless vehicles is growing. In this video clip from “The Virtual Opportunities...

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FMCW LiDAR gives the gift of sight

Posted on Jun 3, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

It’s been a while since we spotted those clunky spinning cylinders perched atop autonomous vehicles cruising highways....

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Sensors, steering wheels, intelligent systems: Your vehicle doesn’t need all three

Posted on Jun 2, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

This is Part 2 in a series featuring a conversation with Jesse Levinson, CTO and founder of Zoox. In the previous installment, Levinson...

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Self-driving car companies’ first step to making money isn’t robotaxis

Posted on Jun 1, 2022 in Finance, Perspective, Technology

BEIJING — While governments may be wary of driverless cars, people want to buy the technology, and companies want to cash in....

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AI ethics and legal AI experts greatly alarmed about dual-use AI which empowers so-called doctor evil projects, including possibly for AI self-driving cars

Posted on Jun 1, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

Sometimes evil can readily emerge even in the midst of ardently professed good. You might say that this is a dual-use phenomenon....

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How coatings can improve the visibility of self-driving cars

Posted on May 31, 2022 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

To learn more about this and other trends in the automotive coatings sector, we spoke to Roald Johannsen, PPG vice president, Automotive...

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Only NAND flash meets the data-driven demands of next-gen AVs and EVs

Posted on May 31, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

Today’s modern vehicles are full of compute, sensors, memory, and storage that not only enhance the driving experience, but help usher in...

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How will LiDAR impact the progression of autonomous driving?

Posted on May 31, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

Highly automated and even autonomous vehicles are soon to be a reality for the everyday consumer, but it isn’t simple, and manufacturers...

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As Baidu announces L5 driverless permits, the conversation about functional safety grows

Posted on May 30, 2022 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

In April, Chinese technology company Baidu announced its first-ever SAE Level 5 (L5) driverless permits in China for autonomous...

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