A Roadmap for a World Without Drivers
https://medium.com/@alexrubalcava/a-roadmap-for-a-world-without-drivers-573aede0c968
The reaction to the first car bombing using an AV is
going to be massive, and it's going to be stupid. CNN will go
into "missing airplane" mode. There will be calls for the
government to issue a stop to all AV operations, much in the
same way that the FAA ordered a ground stop after 9/11. But
unlike 9/11, which involved a decades-old transportation
infrastructure, the first AV bombing will use an infrastructure
in its infancy, one that will be much easier to shut down. That
shutdown could stretch from temporary to quasi-permanent with
ease, as security professionals grapple with the technical
challenge of distinguishing between safe, legitimate payloads
and payloads that are intended to harm. The scenario described
above -- using an AV to commit a violent crime -- involves no
hacking. Hacking is the second major barrier to adoption that
will present unique problems to AVs.
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Yep, like I've been saying for ages. To be clear, I fully support
autonomous vehicle research, because I believe it will save millions of
lives just through advanced driver assist systems. But once you go truly
autonomous, the Pandora's Box opens in ways most of us have only begun
to think about.
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): http://www.vortex.com/lauren
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