This Radar Tech Startup Just Raised $17 Million To Make Automated Driving Cheaper And Safer

A Spartan Radar engineer runs sensor tests in a chamber that blocks electromagnetic interference in Los Alamitos, California. Elizabeth Lippman / Spartan Radar Autonomous cars and trucks won’t be a bi...

Tesla Calling Its Cars ‘Full Self-Driving’ May Run Afoul Of New California Law

  Illustration by Fernando Capeto for Forbes; Photos by Mike Coppola/Getty Images; Artur Widak/NurPhoto/Getty Images The electric vehicle company’s continued marketing of its Full Self-Driving option—...

AI Ethics And AI Law Clarifying What In Fact Is Trustworthy AI

Will we be able to achieve trustworthy AI, and if so, how. getty Trust is everything, so they say. The noted philosopher Lao Tzu said that those who do not trust enough will not be trusted. Ernest Hem...

AI Ethics And AI Law Are Moving Toward Standards That Explicitly Identify And Manage AI Biases

Latest NIST standard is on the look for AI biases and how we will find them and manage them. getty Have you ever played fifty-two card pick-up? It is not a game that you would normally willingly under...

Mobileye Files For An IPO (again!)- How Will Other Autonomy Companies React?

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – JANUARY 08: A display highlights Mobileye’s autonomous driving technology at CES … [+] 2020 at the Las Vegas Convention Center on January 8, 2020 (Photo by Mario ...

AI Ethics And The Quest For Self-Awareness In AI

Giving heavy thought to AI and self-awareness, combined with ethical behavior and AI ethics. getty Are you self-aware? I’d bet that you believe you are. The thing is, supposedly, few of us are especia...

AI Ethics And AI-Induced Psychological Inoculation To Help Humans With Disinformation

Using AI to inoculate our minds from disinformation and misinformation. getty What are we going to do about the massive glut of disinformation and misinformation? It all is demonstrably getting worse ...

AI Ethics Saying That AI Should Be Especially Deployed When Human Biases Are Aplenty

Trying to overcome human untoward biases by replacing with AI is not as straightforward as it might … [+] seem. getty Humans have got to know their limitations. You might recall the akin famous ...

Uber Taps Nuro’s Street-Legal Robots For Food Deliveries

Uber Eats plans to start using Nuro’s autonomous delivery vehicles for deliveries in Houston and Mountain View, California. Nuro Nuro, a Softbank-backed developer of street-legal autonomous, electric ...

AI Ethics And The Almost Sensible Question Of Whether Humans Will Outlive AI

Will humans outlive AI is a loaded question with lots of important insights. getty I have a question for you that seems to be garnering a lot of handwringing and heated debates these days. Are you rea...

AI Ethics Wary About Worsening Of AI Asymmetry Amid Humans Getting The Short End Of The Stick

AI Asymmetry is getting larger and one controversial solution seems to be arming more with AI in a … [+] fight fire-with-fire uneasy approach. getty Sometimes you are on the wrong end of the sti...

AI Ethics Flummoxed By Those Salting AI Ethicists That “Instigate” Ethical AI Practices

Is it okay or is it questionable for those salting AI Ethicists that seek to get hired by a firm … [+] solely to from-within stoke Ethical AI precepts? getty Salting has been in the news quite a...

AI Ethics Mulling Over The Merits Of Legally Mandating Atonement Funds To Ensure Accountability For AI Acting Badly

AI Ethics is reviewing whether AI compensatory funds ought to be established for coping with human … [+] harms due to AI. getty Who’s to blame? That might seem like a straightforward question, t...

Here’s Why Businesses Are Having A Tumultuous Love-Hate Relationship With AI Ethics Boards

AI Ethics Advisory Boards are essential but also require focus and attention, else they can fall … [+] apart and be untoward for all concerned. getty Should a business establish an AI Ethics adv...

AI Ethics Asks Whether It Makes Any Sense To Ask AI If AI Itself Is Sentient

AI Ethics and the question of whether to ask AI if it is sentient. getty If I ask you whether you are sentient, you will undoubtedly assert that you are. Allow me to double-check that assumption. Are ...

AI Ethics Fighting Passionately For Your Legal Right To Be An Exception

AI is being devised without sufficient regard for exceptions, a worrying trend for society. getty They say that there is an exception to every rule. The problem though is that oftentimes the standing ...

AI Ethics Confronting Whether Irate Humans That Violently Smash Or Mistreat AI Is Alarmingly Immoral, Such As Those Angered Folks That Lash Out At Fully Autonomous AI Systems

AI ethics is examining what happens when humans mistreat AI systems such as robots, including … [+] self-driving cars. getty That’s why we can’t have nice things. You’ve likely heard or seen tha...

AI Ethics Struggling With The Fiery One-Two Punch Of Both AI-Based Autonomous Weapons Systems And The Exploitation Of AI-Driven Autonomous Systems That Are Devilishly Weaponized

Advent of autonomous weapons systems and meanwhile other autonomous systems that get weaponized … [+] after-the-fact. getty Those amazing dancing four-legged robots. I’m sure that you’ve seen th...

AI Ethics And Autonomous Systems Lessons Gleaned From That Recent Alaska Airlines Flight Where The Pilot And Co-Pilot Disagreed Prior To Taking Off And Abruptly Opted To Taxi Back To The Terminal And Go Their Separate Ways

How are we going to handle professional disagreements between a human in-the-loop and an AI … [+] autonomous system? getty Airlines have been in the news quite a bit lately. We are in the summer...

Importance Of AI Safety Being Smartly Illuminated Amid Latest Trends Showcased At Stanford AI Safety Workshop Encompassing Autonomous Systems

AI safety is gaining traction due to the abundance of unsafe AI and the gradual realization that … [+] robust verifiable safety must be paramount for AI all told. getty AI safety is vital. You w...

AI Ethics Cautiously Assessing Whether Offering AI Biases Hunting Bounties To Catch And Nab Ethically Wicked Fully Autonomous Systems Is Prudent Or Futile

Is it okay to encourage AI biases bounty hunting or are we making things worse by doing so? getty Wanted: AI bias hunters. That could be a modern-day ad that you’ll begin to see popping up on social m...

AI Ethics Ringing Alarm Bells About The Looming Specter Of AI Biases At Massive Global Scale, Especially Fueled Via Looming Fully Autonomous Systems

AI could bring us AI-steeped untoward biases at scale, massive global scale. getty Plato famously stated that a good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers. This keen insight seems amazingl...

AI Ethics Exasperated By Those Gaslighting AI-Focused Edgelords That Goadingly Say Outlandishly Infuriating Things About AI Ethics And AI Autonomous Systems

Those anonymous gaslighting edgelords have latched onto AI and AI Ethics as a means of disrupting … [+] conversations and sparking chaotic dialogues. getty There are some people that seem to hav...

AI Ethics Perturbed By Latest China Devised AI Party-Loyalty Mind-Reading Facial Recognition Attestation That Might Foreshadow Oppressive Autonomous Systems

Should AI be used to try and ascertain governmental party loyalty? Future Publishing via Getty Images Are you loyal? In theory, it might be possible to examine your overt deeds and ascertain whether l...

AI Ethics Starkly Questioning Human Voice Cloning Such As Those Of Your Deceased Relatives, Intended For Use In AI Autonomous Systems

Should we be devising AI voice cloning that can fully impersonate specific human voices? getty Oops, a seemingly nifty piece of new tech has gotten itself and its maker into a bit of hot water. I’m re...

AI Ethics Skeptical About Establishing So-Called Red Flag AI Laws For Calling Out Biased Algorithms In Autonomous AI Systems

Do we need Red Flag AI Laws to deal with biased AI? getty Let’s talk about Red Flag Laws. You undoubtedly know that the notion of Red Flag Laws has been widely covered in the news lately. Headlines co...

AI Ethics Leans Into Aristotle To Examine Whether Humans Might Opt To Enslave AI Amidst The Advent Of Fully Autonomous Systems

Oxford University Institute for Ethics and AI had its inaugural annual presentation covering lessons … [+] learned from Aristotle about the future of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and se...

AI Ethics Confronting The Insidious One-Like-Mind Of AI Algorithmic Monoculture, Including For Autonomous Self-Driving Cars

AI algorithmic monoculture is rising due to AI pervasiveness and like-minded decision-making … [+] algorithms. getty Let’s take a look at a bit of a puzzling conundrum. It is said that great min...

AI Ethics Shocking Revelation That Training AI To Be Toxic Or Biased Might Be Beneficial, Including For Those Autonomous Self-Driving Cars

Should we be willing to devise toxic AI in order to combat toxic AI? getty 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 express...

AI Ethics And The Generational Transition From Digital Natives To AI Natives Growing Up Amidst Pervasive AI, Including Ubiquitous Self-Driving Cars

Digital natives will give way to AI natives, for which society and the use of AI will be … [+] demonstrably impacted. getty You’ve undoubtedly heard of the catchphrase known as digital natives. ...

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

AI Ethics washing is getting worse and worse, entailing falsehoods and deceptions about claims of … [+] abiding by AI Ethics precepts. getty Let’s explore the myriad of ways that the words “wash...

AI Ethics Alarmed At The Rise In Underhanded Juicing Or Doping Of AI Machine Learning By Trusted Insiders, Including Autonomous Self-Driving Cars

Concerns are rising about juicing or doping of AI-based Machine Learning systems. getty Juicing and doping. Doping and juicing. We all know about the ongoing and surreptitious use of performance-enhan...