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Author
Brendan Dixon
Date
February 21, 2020

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance

Tagged
Assisted driving, McAfee, Road safety, Tesla, Traffic safety, visual recognition}

McAfee: Assisted Driving System Is Easily Fooled

_{Defacing a road sign caused the system to dramatically accelerate the vehicle} _{Brendan Dixon

February 21, 2020

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Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance}

Over time, machine vision will become harder to fool than the one that was recently tricked into rapid acceleration by a defaced sign. But it will still be true that a fooled human makes a better decision than a fooled machine because the fooled human has common sense, awareness, and a mind that reasons.

Are self-driving cars really safer?

_{A former Uber executive says no. Before we throw away the Driver’s Handbook…} _{Brendan Dixon

August 23, 2019

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Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, Global Technology}

Current claims that self-driving cars are safer are hype, not measurement. Meanwhile, Congress is expected to push for legislation next month to pave the way for widespread use of self-driving vehicles without a consensus on safety standards. Read More ›

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Author
Brendan Dixon
Date
July 31, 2019

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
Autopilot, Cell phone, Road safety, self-driving cars, Tesla}

Should Tesla’s Autopilot Feature Be Illegal?

_{A recent study from the United Kingdom suggests that maybe it should} _{Brendan Dixon

July 31, 2019

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Artificial Intelligence}

Tesla may tell drivers that Autopilot is not the same as a self-driving car. But, just as cell phone manufacturers’ warnings not to “text and drive” are too often unheeded, so too may be Tesla’s warnings.