AI ethics shocking revelation that training AI to be toxic or biased might be beneficial, including for those autonomous self-driving cars
Here’s an old line that I’m sure you’ve heard before. It takes one to know one. You might not realize that this is an expression that can...
Read MoreElon Musk says solving self-driving is the difference between Tesla being worth a lot or nothing
Elon Musk made an interesting comment about Tesla’s effort to develop self-driving. The CEO says that solving self-driving is the...
Read MoreThe go-to-market strategy for autonomous vehicles: “Launch somewhere”
Autonomy is complex. Much more complicated than originally thought. Several manufacturers expected the first self-driving cars to hit the...
Read MoreUber’s deadly 2018 autonomous vehicle crash isn’t over yet
In some ways, the 2018 accident where an Uber autonomous vehicle left a woman dead is ancient news. Uber doesn’t even have an autonomous...
Read MoreAutomated driving technology: Should we go for it?
Vehicles capable of some kind of automated driving have been expected to emerge for decades. Because these vehicles conduct a sequence of...
Read MoreAI ethics and the generational transition from digital natives to AI natives growing up amidst pervasive AI, including ubiquitous self-driving cars
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...
Read MoreFrontrunners for the safest approach to autonomous driving
Where do we stand with autonomous vehicles and autonomous driving, and what does the future hold? Phononic’s Alex Guichard answers some of...
Read MoreLaser lighting, LiFi and LiDAR – Enabling transportation safety and autonomy
WiFi is embedded in our lives today. The term originated about four decades ago (as a marketing ploy, designed to rhyme with the term...
Read MoreAI 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
Let’s explore the myriad of ways that the words “wash” and “washing” can be stretched and utilized for communicating a variety of pearls...
Read MoreChina’s Jidu Robo-1 looks like it’s from the future. Maybe it is
BAIDU HAS A Google-like grip on China’s internet industry, bringing in billions each year through search advertising, cloud computing, and...
Read MoreHow and when automation may affect long-haul trucking
In Oxford’s Michael Osborne and Carl Benedikt Frey’s hugely influential 2013 paper looking at the likelihood of automation for...
Read MoreAn AI vision of AVs
Recogni Inc, a developer of an artificial intelligence (AI) vision cognition system for autonomous vehicles (AVs), recently attracted...
Read MoreAI ethics alarmed at the rise in underhanded juicing or doping of AI machine learning by trusted insiders, including autonomous self-driving cars
Juicing and doping. Doping and juicing. We all know about the ongoing and surreptitious use of performance-enhancing drugs that are sadly...
Read MoreCan autonomous CVs provide a realistic and sustainable future for last-mile logistics?
With the cost of fuel and labour continuing to increase, industry players are searching for more efficient last-mile delivery solutions....
Read MoreThe future of transportation and self-driving cars
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...
Read MoreAI ethics and the perplexing societal and legal role of AI activism, including in the case of autonomous self-driving cars
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...
Read MoreMeet the AI taxi company that’s backed by Ford and Volkswagen
The list of large companies that are investing in driverless vehicles is growing. In this video clip from “The Virtual Opportunities...
Read MoreFMCW LiDAR gives the gift of sight
It’s been a while since we spotted those clunky spinning cylinders perched atop autonomous vehicles cruising highways....
Read MoreSensors, steering wheels, intelligent systems: Your vehicle doesn’t need all three
This is Part 2 in a series featuring a conversation with Jesse Levinson, CTO and founder of Zoox. In the previous installment, Levinson...
Read MoreSelf-driving car companies’ first step to making money isn’t robotaxis
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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