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Moral judgments about AI will shape legal and ethical assignment of blame, including the particular use case of AI-based self-driving cars

Posted on Feb 17, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

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...

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Training autonomous vehicles requires more than simulation

Posted on Feb 17, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

Last year, Waabi, a startup developing autonomous vehicle technology, launched out of stealth with $83.5 million in venture funding....

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Baidu’s self-driving vehicles take a turn with Olympics showcase

Posted on Feb 15, 2022 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

Cities usually have many reasons for bidding to host major sports events like the Olympics, but demonstrating to the world the best the...

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From sci-fi to main streets: autonomous vehicles case studies from around the globe

Posted on Feb 15, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

Once considered a concept out of sci-fi, autonomous vehicles (AVs) are making a splash across the globe. With companies taking a focused...

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Tesla may be ‘losing faith’ in how soon self-driving will arrive

Posted on Feb 14, 2022 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

(Bloomberg) — Tesla Inc.’s expectation for the amount of revenue it will recognize from automated-driving software appears to have...

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Autonomous vehicles and their impact on the economy

Posted on Feb 14, 2022 in Perspective

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...

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The 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

Posted on Feb 13, 2022 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

Mind your own business. That’s a common refrain about not sticking your nose into the activities of others. Extend a helping hand....

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Tesla vs. robotaxis: Who’s winning the autonomous vehicle race?

Posted on Feb 11, 2022 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

We’re on the edge of a major social shift in mobility. Autonomous vehicles are going to change our lives. Commutes will be unrecognizable,...

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Tesla is crazy to not make full use of maps to improve ‘F’ self-driving

Posted on Feb 10, 2022 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

Almost every self-driving car team makes use of pre-computed maps, combined with what their sensors see, to help them understand the road...

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Autonomous taxis are safer than Tesla’s ‘self-driving’ tech

Posted on Feb 10, 2022 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

Cars are evolving quickly — but it’s important that people know the difference between ADAS and autonomous driving. It’s also important...

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Football taunting penalties expected at Super Bowl which brings up catchy ethical AI taunting possibilities, including for autonomous self-driving cars

Posted on Feb 10, 2022 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

Some insist that taunting is entirely in the eye of the beholder. Ironically, of sorts, I suppose you might angrily claim that making that...

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Despite a drop in how many companies are testing autonomous driving on California roads, miles driven are way up

Posted on Feb 10, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

Fewer companies tested autonomous vehicles on California’s public roads last year versus the one before — and yet they logged nearly twice...

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California robocar ‘disengagement’ reports tell us a little

Posted on Feb 9, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

Each year, the state of California requires all parties testing self-driving car systems in California report all the times their system...

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What’s the difference between autonomous vehicles and driver-assistance tech?

Posted on Feb 9, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

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...

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Automation won’t eliminate truckers

Posted on Feb 8, 2022 in Perspective, Policy & Regulation, Technology, Trucks

Even though U.S. job openings are close to 11 million— including 580,000 openings in transportation, warehousing, and utilities—truckers...

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Musk looks increasingly isolated as automakers embrace lidar

Posted on Feb 8, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

Elon Musk is skeptical of putting lidar sensors on vehicles, but a growing number of his competitors are quietly adding the technology to...

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Lucid’s LiDAR-based DreamDrive Pro is cheaper than Tesla FSD in the US, more expensive in Canada

Posted on Feb 7, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

Semi-autonomous driving technology is a hot topic right now. Sadly, much of that attention has been less than positive but Lucid has just...

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How computer vision can create smart transportation systems

Posted on Feb 6, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

There are three attributes that every smart city—or any place of human settlement for that matter—must possess in abundance—livability,...

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Tesla Full Self-Driving Beta runs into a pole in what could be the first FSD accident caught on video

Posted on Feb 4, 2022 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

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...

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Strict literal interpretation is a hardheaded drawback of machine learning and likewise bad for AI self-driving cars

Posted on Feb 4, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

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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