Readings

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

• The Menace and the Promise of Autonomous Vehicles

• Self-Driving Cars Still Don't Know How to See

• Uber Video Shows the Kind of Crash Self-Driving Cars Are Made to Avoid

• Enough With the Trolley Problem

• Cities Have Taken the Lead in Regulating Driverless Vehicles

• The Driverless-Car Pile-Up

Optional: Self-Driving Cars

These articles discuss the push for self-driving cars:

• Have Autonomous Vehicles Hit A Roadblock?

• GM Drops the Steering Wheel and Gives Robot Driver Control

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

These articles focus on Uber'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

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

These articles consider two recent accidents involving self-driving cars:

• Self-Driving Uber Car Kills Pedestrian in Arizona, Where Robots Roam

  • Uber Victim Stepped Suddenly in Front of Self-Driving Car

  • Uber not criminally liable in fatal 2018 Arizona self-driving crash: prosecutors

• Tesla Model X fatal crash investigation

  • Tesla says Autopilot was active during fatal crash in Mountain View

  • EXCLUSIVE: Tesla issues strongest statement yet blaming driver for deadly crash

These articles consider the safety of self-driving cars in general:

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

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

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

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

• Cities Need to Take the Wheel in Our Driverless Future

• Feds defend voluntary robot car regulations

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

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

• The social dilemma of autonomous vehicles

• 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

Quiz

Once you have completed the readings, fill out the following quiz:

Note, you can view the initial quiz score after you submit your responses. If you get any answers wrong, you can go back and adjust your answers as necessary. After the deadline has passed, any wrong answers will be given partial credit.