Readings

The readings for this week focus on self-driving cars:

Self-Driving Cars

These articles discuss the push for self-driving cars:

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

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

• Exclusive: GM plans to build, test thousands of self-driving Bolts in 2018 - sources

• Ford’s billion-dollar self-driving car AI deal

• Toyota’s Research Institute head says full autonomous driving is “not even close”

These articles focus on Uber and Lyft's push into self-driving cars:

• 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

• Uber Suspends Tests of Self-Driving Vehicles After Arizona Crash

These articles consider what happens when self-driving cars are involved in accidents:

• Self-driving car accidents: Robot drivers are ‘odd, and that’s why they get hit’

• Inside the Self-Driving Tesla Fatal Accident

• 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

• NHTSA’s full final investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot shows 40% crash rate reduction

These articles discuss the growing regulation of self-driving cars:

• U.S. House unanimously approves sweeping self-driving car measure

• 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

These articles consider the social dilemma of self-driving cars:

• The social dilemma of autonomous vehicles

• Self-driving cars still can’t mimic the most natural human behavior

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

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

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

This contains a series of short stories or articles related to self-driving cars:

• Full Tilt: When 100% of Cars Are Autonomous

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.

Feedback

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