Automonous Vechicles

 “The real problem is going to be, at what point is it still ethical to let the human drive,” Lunn said. “But before that, AI has to continue to learn from human drivers. Autonomy will have to make sure that we never have a trolley problem.”

Washington Post, 6 August 2021

AI, cars, ethics, and the trolley problem

A good article from Harvard looking at autonomous vehicles, ethics and the trolley problem.

Putting Common Sense Back into the Driver's Seat

Regulation of Automated Vehicles in Australia

The Australian National Transport Commission has released a discussion paper Regulatory options to assure automated vehicle safety in Australia.  The paper identifies 4 regulatory options for a safety assurance system for automated vehicle technology.

Submissions for this discussion paper are open until 4pm, Friday, 28 July 2017.

The NTC expects to present it preferred regulatory option to the Minister in November 2017.

Full media release.