Following previous policy posts on terminology and popular discourse about AI, the focus today is on the impact on policy of the way we talk about automation. \u201cUnmanned Autonomous Vehicle (UAV)\u201d is a term that justifiably creates fear in the general public, but talk about a UAV usually misses the roles of humans and human decision making. Likewise, discussions about an \u201cautomated decision maker (ADM)\u201d ignores the social and legal responsibility of those who design, manufacture, implement, and operate \u201cautonomous\u201d systems. The AI community has an important role to influence correct and realistic use of concepts and issues in discussions of science and technology systems that increase automation. The concept \u201chybrid system\u201d might be helpful here for understanding the potential and limitations of combinations of technologies \u2013 and humans \u2013 in AI and Autonomous Systems (AI\/AS) requiring less from humans over time.<\/p>\n
Safe Design<\/strong><\/p>\n In addition to avoiding confusion and managing expectations, design approaches and analyses of the performance of existing systems with automation are crucial to developing safe systems with which the public and policymakers can feel comfortable. In this regard, stakeholders should read information on design of systems with automation components, such as the IEEE report \u201cEthically Aligned Design<\/a>\u201d, which is subtitled \u201cA Vision for Prioritizing Human Wellbeing with Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems\u201d. The report says about AI and Autonomous Systems (AI\/AS) , \u201cWe need to make sure that these technologies are aligned to humans in terms of our moral values and ethical principles. AI\/AS have to behave in a way that is beneficial to people beyond reaching functional goals and addressing technical problems. This will allow for an elevated level of trust between humans and our technology that is needed for a fruitful pervasive use of AI\/AS in our daily lives.\u201d See also Ben Shneiderman\u2019s excellent summary and comments<\/a> on the report as well as the YouTube video<\/a> of his Turing Institute Lecture on \u201cAlgorithmic Accountability: Design for Safety\u201d. See also his proposal<\/a> for a National Algorithms Safety Board.<\/p>\n Advances in AI\/AS Science and Technology<\/strong><\/p>\n Another perspective on the automation issue is the need to increase safety of systems through advances in science and technology. In a future blog, we will present the transcript of an interview with Dr. Harold Szu, about the need for a next generation of AI that moves closer to brain-style computing that incorporates human behaviors into AI\/AS systems. Dr. Szu was the founder and former president, and former governor, of the International Neural Network Society. He is acknowledged for outstanding contributions to ANN applications and scientific innovations.<\/p>\n Policy and Ethics<\/strong><\/p>\n Over the summer 2018, increased activity in congress and state legislatures\u00a0 focused on understandings, accurate and not, of \u201cunmanned autonomous vehicles\u201d and what policies should be in place. The following examples are interesting for possible interventions, but also for the use of AI\/AS terminology:<\/p>\n House Energy & Commerce Committee\u2019s press release:\u00a0<\/a>the SELF DRIVE Act. Politico<\/em>, 08\/03\/2018.: “Trial lawyers speak out on Senate self-driving car bill”, by\u00a0Brianna Gurciullo with help from Lauren Gardner. Following previous policy posts on terminology and popular discourse about AI, the focus today is on the impact on policy of the way we talk about automation. \u201cUnmanned Autonomous Vehicle (UAV)\u201d is a term that justifiably creates fear in the general public, but talk about a UAV usually misses the roles of humans and human … Continue reading “Vehicle automation: safe design, scientific advances, and smart policy”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sigai.acm.org\/aimatters\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sigai.acm.org\/aimatters\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sigai.acm.org\/aimatters\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sigai.acm.org\/aimatters\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sigai.acm.org\/aimatters\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=343"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/sigai.acm.org\/aimatters\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":352,"href":"https:\/\/sigai.acm.org\/aimatters\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343\/revisions\/352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sigai.acm.org\/aimatters\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sigai.acm.org\/aimatters\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sigai.acm.org\/aimatters\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nCNBC Commentary<\/a> by Reps. Bob Latta (R-OH) and Jan Schakowsky (D-IL).<\/p>\n
\n<\/em>\u201cAV NON-STARTER:\u00a0After being mum for months, the American Association for Justice said publicly Thursday that it has been pressing for the Senate\u2019s self-driving car bill,\u00a0S. 1885 (115) (definitions on p.42)<\/a>, to stipulate that companies can\u2019t force arbitration, our Tanya Snyder\u00a0reports\u00a0for Pros. The trial lawyers group is calling for a provision to make sure \u2018when a person, whether a passenger or pedestrian, is injured or killed by a driverless car, that person or their family is not forced into a secret arbitration proceeding,\u2019 according to a statement. Senate Commerce Chairman\u00a0John Thune\u00a0(R-S.D.) has\u00a0said\u00a0that arbitration has been \u2018a thorny spot\u2019 in bill negotiations.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"