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06/09/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Fatal flaw? A near-repeat of the Tesla crash proves that if the autopilot can’t “see” well enough, it gets “confused” – so drivers must “take responsibility”

There is something deathly wrong with the autopilot feature of Tesla cars. The fatal crash at Mountain View, California in March 2018 nearly got itself a gory sequel when the self-driving car got confused by the faded white lanes, reported CBS San Francisco. Indeed, a video of the near-accident shows the car’s self-driving system failing near […]

02/25/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Can Ford’s proposed autonomous “Robocop” car be trusted not to shoot innocent civilians?

What happens when Robocop meets Knight Rider’s KITT? You get Ford’s latest brainchild, a plan for an automated police car that’s either an abuse of privacy and power or the future of unbiased law enforcement, reported The Daily Mail. A recent patent filed by the automaker specifies the concept of an autonomous vehicle that lurks […]

01/23/2018 / By David Williams

U.S. regulators are considering allowing a self-driving car with no pedals or steering wheel on public roads as early as next year

How would you feel if you heard about a self-driving vehicle being tested on public roads, and it didn’t have a backup driver inside it? How about if it didn’t have pedals? Now how about no steering wheel? All these questions are relevant to plans that were recently unveiled by General Motors (GM), as it […]

10/05/2016 / By JD Heyes

Robot invasion: Self-driving vehicles to destroy 4 million jobs currently held by humans

Technology has always been a double-edged sword, and as the 21st century progresses, not much has changed in the realm. Just over the horizon, for instance, await self-driving cars that are liable to take much of the guesswork, inattention, lack of experience and other factors that cause tens of thousands of crashes a day out […]

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