Moral judgments about AI will shape legal and ethical assignment of blame, including the particular use case of AI-based self-driving cars
Who are you going to blame? That question comes up quite a bit when talking about AI. You see if an AI system goes awry and causes some...
Read MoreTraining autonomous vehicles requires more than simulation
Last year, Waabi, a startup developing autonomous vehicle technology, launched out of stealth with $83.5 million in venture funding....
Read MoreBaidu’s self-driving vehicles take a turn with Olympics showcase
Cities usually have many reasons for bidding to host major sports events like the Olympics, but demonstrating to the world the best the...
Read MoreFrom sci-fi to main streets: autonomous vehicles case studies from around the globe
Once considered a concept out of sci-fi, autonomous vehicles (AVs) are making a splash across the globe. With companies taking a focused...
Read MoreTesla may be ‘losing faith’ in how soon self-driving will arrive
(Bloomberg) — Tesla Inc.’s expectation for the amount of revenue it will recognize from automated-driving software appears to have...
Read MoreAutonomous vehicles and their impact on the economy
You can now hitch a free ride in a driverless vehicle on the streets of San Francisco. Waymo, Google’s self-driving car company, has begun...
Read MoreThe ethical AI question of whether self-driving cars ought to be a good samaritan and forewarn when human-driven cars are going to crash into each other
Mind your own business. That’s a common refrain about not sticking your nose into the activities of others. Extend a helping hand....
Read MoreTesla vs. robotaxis: Who’s winning the autonomous vehicle race?
We’re on the edge of a major social shift in mobility. Autonomous vehicles are going to change our lives. Commutes will be unrecognizable,...
Read MoreTesla is crazy to not make full use of maps to improve ‘F’ self-driving
Almost every self-driving car team makes use of pre-computed maps, combined with what their sensors see, to help them understand the road...
Read MoreAutonomous taxis are safer than Tesla’s ‘self-driving’ tech
Cars are evolving quickly — but it’s important that people know the difference between ADAS and autonomous driving. It’s also important...
Read MoreFootball taunting penalties expected at Super Bowl which brings up catchy ethical AI taunting possibilities, including for autonomous self-driving cars
Some insist that taunting is entirely in the eye of the beholder. Ironically, of sorts, I suppose you might angrily claim that making that...
Read MoreDespite a drop in how many companies are testing autonomous driving on California roads, miles driven are way up
Fewer companies tested autonomous vehicles on California’s public roads last year versus the one before — and yet they logged nearly twice...
Read MoreCalifornia robocar ‘disengagement’ reports tell us a little
Each year, the state of California requires all parties testing self-driving car systems in California report all the times their system...
Read MoreWhat’s the difference between autonomous vehicles and driver-assistance tech?
Your new car is packed with a bunch of driver-assist features. But that doesn’t exactly make it an autonomous vehicle. So what’s the...
Read MoreAutomation won’t eliminate truckers
Even though U.S. job openings are close to 11 million— including 580,000 openings in transportation, warehousing, and utilities—truckers...
Read MoreMusk looks increasingly isolated as automakers embrace lidar
Elon Musk is skeptical of putting lidar sensors on vehicles, but a growing number of his competitors are quietly adding the technology to...
Read MoreLucid’s LiDAR-based DreamDrive Pro is cheaper than Tesla FSD in the US, more expensive in Canada
Semi-autonomous driving technology is a hot topic right now. Sadly, much of that attention has been less than positive but Lucid has just...
Read MoreHow computer vision can create smart transportation systems
There are three attributes that every smart city—or any place of human settlement for that matter—must possess in abundance—livability,...
Read MoreTesla Full Self-Driving Beta runs into a pole in what could be the first FSD accident caught on video
A Tesla vehicle using Full Self-Driving Beta has been caught on video running into a pole in what could be the first accident on the FSD...
Read MoreStrict literal interpretation is a hardheaded drawback of machine learning and likewise bad for AI self-driving cars
Here’s an interesting thought experiment. Pretend that you took all words at their literal interpretation, all of the time, wherever you...
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