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"Tesla and the ethics of self-driving cars." On Point. Jonathan Chang, and Meghna Chakrabarti (host). WBUR-FM, NPR Boston. Audio 47:05. 3 March 2022. As of 24 May 2022 available on line here.[1]
From the On Point web page:
Self-driving technology has come a long way in recent years, but it remains far from perfect.
And that's partially because of decisions made — not by the cars — but by programmers.
Tesla recalled 54,000 cars because of a feature built into the car's autopilot that allowed it to roll through stop signs. In other words, it was programmed to break the law.
Today, On Point: Who should regulate the program in self-driving cars?
Guests
Rebecca Heilweil, reporter for Vox, covering emerging technologies, artificial intelligence and logistics.
Matthew Johnson-Roberson, director of the Robotic Institute and professor of robotics at Carnegie Mellon University. Former co-director of the Ford Center for Autonomous Vehicles at the University of Michigan.
Also Featured
John Bernal, former Tesla employee who is beta testing Tesla’s Full Self-Driving on his YouTube channel.
The full show begins with a notable monolog by Meghna Chakrabarti in her carefully-modulated, classic-NPR voice: a "rant" (her word) on current human drivers. (She and a child had almost been hit while in a crosswalk by a driver apparently texting.) It puts in context an up-side of eliminating the human element in controlling powerful machines such as automobiles.
Of general interest for background on ethical and legal considerations of current aided-driving vehicles and autonomous vehicles, AI at least in a sense, of the near-future. Note sections on programmed "California rolling stop"[2] in some recalled vehicles, plus problems when the autopilot turned off the brakes at times the human driver/passenger really thought it best to stop.
Note also Beta version program (soon recalled) that would have allowed the person in the driver's seat to play video games in the car system's display and some "recalls" handled by updates of the car's programming via the internet.
Of more specific interest for image of a driver enclosed in a space under the control of a cybernetic entity.
RDE, finishing, 24May22
