In this episode, we explore the ethics of autonomous vehicles and detail the fatalities involving this technology to date.

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References:

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612341/a-global-ethics-study-aims-to-help-ai-solve-the-self-driving-trolley-problem/

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/uber-self-driving-car-fatality-reveals-the-technologys-blind-spots1/

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612318/establishing-an-ai-code-of-ethics-will-be-harder-than-people-think/?source=download-metered-content

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-20/uber-driverless-car-accident-who-is-to-blame/9567766

https://www.inc.com/magazine/201811/tom-foster/artificial-intelligence-ethics.html

https://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/blog/2013/12/sae-levels-driving-automation

https://www.reuters.com/article/autos-selfdriving-crashes/gms-self-driving-cars-involved-in-six-accidents-in-september-idUSL2N1MF1RO

https://www.smh.com.au/technology/uber-deemed-not-criminally-liable-for-fatal-self-driving-crash-20190307-p512a8.html

https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/23/16925396/gm-cruise-automation-self-driving-car-crash-lawsuit

https://getpocket.com/redirect?url=https%3A%2F%2Fautomotivelectronics.com%2Fsae-levels-cars%2F&formCheck=c580e8678925977efa24aaaef2a199ee

The Social Dilemma of Autonomous Vehicles

http://science.sciencemag.org/content/352/6293/1573

 

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