SafeAI Partners With Siemens, Obayashi To Launch Retrofit Approach To Autonomous Electric Construction Vehicles

A Caterpillar 725 articulated dump truck retrofitted for EV and AV by SafeAI and Siemens. © 2021 Niall David SafeAI has announced an agreement with Siemens to create an autonomous, electric fleet for ...

AI Ethics And The Perplexing Societal And Legal Role Of AI Activism, Including In The Case Of Autonomous Self-Driving Cars

AI activism is rising amid efforts to establish AI Ethics and Ethical AI. getty AI activism. Yes, there is such a thing. My formal definition is this: AI activism consists of efforts to try and shape ...

‘Elon Musk’s Crash Course’ Takes A Cursory Look At Engineering And Regulatory Failure

FILE – This file photo provided by the National Transportation Safety Board via the Florida Highway … [+] Patrol shows the Tesla Model S that was being driven by Joshua Brown, who was kill...

AI Ethics Unnervingly Asking Whether AI Biases Are Insidiously Hiding Societal Power Dynamics, Including For AI Self-Driving Cars

AI biases might be a harbinger of societal power dynamics, raising thorny AI Ethics issues. getty Hiding in plain sight. Have you ever heard that line before? Probably so. It can have various meanings...

AI Ethics And The Law Are Dabbling With AI Disgorgement Or All-Out Destruction Of AI As A Remedy For AI Wrongdoing, Possibly Even For Misbehaving Self-Driving Cars

Will we seek to use AI disgorgement or the destroying of AI when some AI wrongdoing is alleged, and … [+] if so, can we pull it off? getty You might say that society seems nearly obsessed with i...

AI Ethics Is Especially Vexed By That AI Confinement Problem, Including The Knotty Particulars For Confining Autonomous Self-Driving Cars

Will we be able to adequately confine AI when we need to do so? getty The famous illusionist and acclaimed escape artist Harry Houdini once boldly declared this rather unabashed assertion: “No prison ...

AI Ethics Wrestling With The Inevitably Of AI Accidents, Which Looms Over Autonomous Self-Driving Cars Too

Humankind has to anticipate AI accidents and cope accordingly. getty Do you perchance know someone that seems to be particularly accident-prone? Seems like we all do. Perhaps the person is that type t...

AI Startups Finally Getting Onboard With AI Ethics And Loving It, Including Those Newbie Autonomous Self-Driving Car Tech Firms Too

AI startups are increasingly embracing AI ethics, though this is trickier than it might seem at … [+] first glance. getty Fail fast, fail often. Whatever you are thinking, think bigger. Fake it ...

AI Ethics And The Acclaimed AI Uncanny Valley, Which Also Rattles AI-Based Self-Driving Cars

Ethical AI dilemma of how far AI robots should be devised to appear or act like humans, per the … [+] uncanny valley precepts. getty Sometimes there are slightly oddish things that catch your at...

AI Ethics Welcomes The Prospects Of A Standardized AI Risk Management Framework, Which Could Bolster Autonomous Self-Driving Car Efforts Too

AI Ethics welcomes the effort to craft an AI Risk Management Framework as a standard via NIST. getty We seem to be told repeatedly that taking risks is important in life. If you look at any everyday l...

Insidious AI-Based Proxy Discrimination Against Humans Is Dauntingly Vexing For AI Ethics, Which Can Occur Even In The Case Of Autonomous AI Self-Driving Cars

AI is veering into proxy discrimination which bodes for insidious and challenging times. getty Let’s discuss proxy discrimination amid the actions of modern-day Artificial Intelligence (AI). To get in...

Kodiak Robotics And U.S. Xpress To Make Autonomous Freight Runs From Dallas To Atlanta

A Kodiak truck and U.S. Xpress trailers last month completed a pilot run of four round trips … [+] covering about 6,350 miles, between the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex and greater Atlanta. Kodiak...

AI Ethics Stepping Up To Guide How AI For Children Needs To Be Suitably Devised, Which Can Be Overlooked For Example In The Rapid Drive Toward Autonomous Self-Driving Cars

Let’s make sure that we are careful about how AI is going to impact our children. getty It is often said that our children are our future. Another oft-repeated refrain is that Artificial Intelli...

Here’s Why AI Ethics Is Touting That Human-Centered AI Is Crucial To Our AI Symbiotic Existence, Such As The Advent Of Autonomous Self-Driving Cars

The trend toward Human-Centered AI (HCAI) is vital and here’s why. getty You might have heard or seen that the world is supposed to be focusing on Human-Centered AI (HCAI). What is it? Why do we...

Reflections On a Decade of AI (Part 3)

Software Code Example getty A recent experience with managing the tenth anniversary version of a technical conference (www.iccve2022.org) triggered a process of reflection on the last decade of artifi...

Ethical AI Ambitiously Hoping To Have AI Learn Ethical Behavior By Itself, Such As The Case With AI In Autonomous Self-Driving Cars

Can AI learn ethical precepts on its own? getty Aristotle famously stated that educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all. You could interpret that insightful remark to sugg...

AI Ethics And The Riddle Underlying Criminal Accountability Of AI, Including Crimes Committed By Revered AI-Based Self-Driving Cars

Will we hold AI criminally accountable or does AI get a free pass? getty Hey, stop that thief! You might know this old-time oft-used phrasing that arises when an alleged crook is darting away from the...

TuSimple Shares Plunge After Robot Truck Company Spooks Market With CEO Shakeup

TuSimple was the first autonomous driving company to list shares publicly in the U.S. and began testing robot trucks without a human backup driver in late 2021. TuSimple Shares of TuSimple, a San Dieg...

Pushing The Boundaries Of AI Ethics Into The Topsy-Turvy World Of Radical Ethical AI, Potentially Exemplified Via The Use Case Of Vaunted AI-Based Self-Driving Cars

Does AI Ethics need to shift into Radical Ethical AI, and if so, how might that impact AI-based … [+] self-driving cars? getty Has the prevailing tenor and attention of today’s widely emerging s...

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

When driving, mind your own business or help other drivers, that’s the question to be pondered. getty Mind your own business. That’s a common refrain about not sticking your nose into the activi...

No Air In Your Tires? Not A Problem In The Future, Goodyear Says

Goodyear and other tire manufacturers are testing “non-pneumatic” tires with no air inside, tailored … [+] for battery-powered, autonomous vehicles in the future. Photo: Goodyear A t...

Flying Car Yes! Riding Bike No!

Passenger flying over cars in heavy traffic jam. Concept for drone taxi. 3D rendering image. getty How can we lead the charge for New Mobility and Equity in Transportation if some cannot bike to work ...

That Viral Video Of A Tycoon Driving At Speeds Over 250 Miles Per Hour On Public Roadways Is Quite Hair Raising, Even For AI Self-Driving Cars

Driving at speeds over 250 mph on public roadways raises interesting questions about how AI … [+] self-driving cars would react to such human driving antics. getty I’m sure that you’ve had cars ...

Latest Jolting AI Ethics Concern Is That AI Can Inextricably Embody Political Biases, Including Even In The Innocuous Case Of AI-Based Self-Driving Cars

AI Ethics is adding a new topic, namely the infusion of politics into our AI, which an example via … [+] the advent of self-driving cars helps illustrate. getty Let’s talk politics. Well, I real...

Be Resolute To Reduce That Nighttime Artificial Light Pollution, Which AI Self-Driving Cars Can Help Solve (But Doing So Will Be Tricky)

Artificial light pollution via car headlights and how self-driving cars will fare. getty Let there be darkness. That is the potential catchphrase for those that are concerned about nighttime light pol...