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 ...
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Self-driving car companies’ first step to making money isn’t robotaxis
A WeRide robotaxi with health supplies heads to Liwan district on June 4, 2021, in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou. Southern Metropolis Daily | Visual China Group | Getty Images BEIJING — While...
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 Upstart Waabi Adding Self-Driving Veterans In Race To Commercialize Robot Trucks
The Toronto-based company is expanding to add hardware engineers to integrate sensors, lidar, vision and computing systems into trucks as it shifts to real-world testing. Waabi, an autonomous driving ...
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...
In SF, We Find Out What Happens When Cops Pull Over A Cruise Self-Driving Car
A Cruise self-driving car was pulled over in San Francisco by police for driving at night without … [+] its lights on. dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images Last week in San Francisco, some offi...
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...
Aurora AUR Werner Enterprises WERN self-driving trucks in Texas
06 January 2022, US, Las Vegas: Robotic truck company Aurora shows off a self-driving semi-truck at the CES tech show in Las Vegas. In the Corona pandemic, interest in autonomous freight transport inc...
Qualcomm bets big on in-house self-driving tech with Arriver deal
U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm (QCOM) is staking more of its future on automotive technologies as it wraps up a deal to buy Arriver, a company that specializes in self-driving software. The move brings toget...
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...
Waymo self-driving experience: Mostly peaceful and productive
PHOENIX — “A ghost is driving the car.” That’s what my 5-year-old daughter said as I FaceTimed her recently from the backseat of a Waymo autonomous vehicle in the suburbs here. Motor...
GM to buy out SoftBank’s stake in Cruise self-driving unit
General Motors is acquiring SoftBank’s stake in Cruise and pouring even more money into the self-driving unit it purchased in 2016. The auto giant has announced that it’s buying out SoftBa...
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...
GM to buy SoftBank’s stake in Cruise self-driving unit
A robot car of the General Motors subsidiary Cruise is on a test drive. Andrej Sokolow | picture alliance | Getty Images DETROIT – General Motors is acquiring SoftBank Vision Fund 1’s equity own...
Chinese Self-Driving Truck Startup Secures $188 Million In Funding From Sequoia China And Legend Capital
Inceptio’s autonomous driving heavy-duty trucks. Courtesy of Inceptio Autonomous driving truck startup Inceptio Technology has raised a $188 million funding round led by Sequoia Capital China an...
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...
Self-Driving Car Users Shouldn’t Be Held Responsible For Crashes, U.K. Report Says
Topline Self-driving car users would be given immunity from offenses like dangerous driving, breaking speed limits and running red lights under legal reforms proposed by the Law Commission of England ...
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...
Flagging Down A Roaming AI Self-Driving Car Robo-Taxi Might Not Be In The Cards
Hailing a ride in an era of Ai-based self-driving cars. getty Not so long ago, it seemed that the hailing of a cab required long arms and a capacity to wave frantically to catch the eye of the taxi dr...
Tesla Self-Driving Is Getting So Good, It Will Cost More
Tesla CEO Elon Musk was tweeting about Full Self Driving on Friday night. Patrick Pleul/Pool/Getty Images Text size Elon Musk had two positive tweets for weary Tesla investors to digest on Friday. For...
Toyota Announces New Self-Driving Auto Software, Challenging VW And Daimler
Topline Toyota plans to launch an operating system by 2025 that will handle autonomous driving, Japanese financial newspaper Nikkei reported Monday, an announcement coming on the eve of the release of...
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...