Readings

The readings for Tuesday, November 15 are:

Self-Driving Cars

1. All Tesla Cars Being Produced Now Have Full Self-Driving Hardware

   • The driverless truck is coming, and it's going to automate millions of jobs

   • Self-driving tractors and data science: we visit a modern farm

2. Uber's First Self-Driving Fleet Arrives in Pittsburgh This Month

   • The Arrival of Self-Driving Ubers in Pittsburgh

   • Lyft says robots will drive most of its cars in five years

3. Inside the Self-Driving Tesla Fatal Accident

   • Tesla admits Autopilot was engaged in new crash, but says driver was still at fault

   • Tesla's 'Autopilot' Will Make Mistakes. Humans Will Overreact.

   • Car makers can't "drive their way to safety" with self-driving cars

   • What we know and what we don't know about accidents involving self-driving cars

4. Self-Driving Cars Gain Powerful Ally: The Government

   • California issues more self-driving permits, Iowa creates testing corridor

   • Self-Driving Cars Must Meet 15 Benchmarks in U.S. Guidance

5. The social dilemma of autonomous vehicles

   • Gas, brake, honk: Google is teaching its self-driving car to assert itself

   • Your Self-Driving Car Will Be Programmed to Kill You-Deal With It

Internet of Things

1. Hackers Remotely Kill a Jeep on the Highway-With Me in It

   • Fiat Chrysler recalls 1.4 million cars over remote hack vulnerability

   • Why Car Hacking Is Nearly Impossible

2. How a Bunch of Hacked DVR Machines Took Down Twitter and Reddit

   • Distributed Censorship or Extortion? The IoT vs Brian Krebs

   • New, more-powerful IoT botnet infects 3,500 devices in 5 days

3. "Internet of Things" security is hilariously broken and getting worse

   • 9 baby monitors wide open to hacks that expose users' most private moments

   • Thermostats can now get infected with ransomware, because 2016

   • Hacker Weev Admits to Hacking Printers to Spew Racist and Anti-Semitic Messages

4. This is Why People Fear the 'Internet of Things'

   • Of course smart homes are targets for hackers

   • Which Path to IoT Security? Government Regulation, Third-Party Verification, or Market Forces

5. The New Age of Surveillance

   • The Internet of Things is a surveillance nightmare

   • Internet of Things to be used as spy tool by governments: US intel chief

Questions

Please write a response to one of the following questions:

1. After reading some of the articles above, address the following questions:

   • What is the motivation for developing and building self-driving cars? What are the arguments for and against self-driving cars? Would they make our roads safer?

   • How should programmers address the "social dilemma of autonomous vehicles"? How should an artificial intelligence approach life-and-death situations? Who is liable for when an accident happens?

   • What do you believe will be the social, economic, and political impact of self-driving cars? What role should the government play in regulating self-driving cars?

   • Would you want a self-driving car? Explain why or why not.

2. After reading some of the articles above, address the following questions:

   • What is the motivation for developing and building many Internet connected devices? What are the arguments for and against the Internet of Things (IoT)? Would they make our lives easier?

   • How should programmers address the security and privacy concerns regarding IoT? Who is liable for when breaches or hacks happen?

   • What do you believe will be the social, economic, and political impact of the Internet of Things? What role should the government play in regulating IoT devices?

   • Would you fear a pervasively connected world with billions of internet capable devices? Explain why or why not.

Feedback

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns regarding the course, please provide your feedback at the end of your response.