Ethical issues in focus by the autonomous vehicles industry

A Martinho, N Herber, M Kroesen, C Chorus - Transport reviews, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The onset of autonomous driving has provided fertile ground for discussions about ethics in
recent years. These discussions are heavily documented in the scientific literature and have …

[HTML][HTML] Artificial intelligence: Who is responsible for the diagnosis?

E Neri, F Coppola, V Miele, C Bibbolino, R Grassi - La radiologia medica, 2020 - Springer
The aim of the paper is to find an answer to the question “Who or what is responsible for the
benefits and harms of using artificial intelligence in radiology?” When human beings make …

The challenges and opportunities of human-centered AI for trustworthy robots and autonomous systems

H He, J Gray, A Cangelosi, Q Meng… - … on Cognitive and …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The trustworthiness of robots and autonomous systems (RASs) has taken a prominent
position on the way toward full autonomy. This work is the first to systematically explore the …

Rumors in the air? Exploring public misconceptions about automated vehicles

M Du, T Zhang, J Liu, Z Xu, P Liu - … research part A: policy and practice, 2022 - Elsevier
Automated vehicles (AVs) have potential to impact transportation, mobility, and society
considerably in the future. Many beliefs surrounding this technology are criticized as …

MoCa: Measuring Human-Language Model Alignment on Causal and Moral Judgment Tasks

A Nie, Y Zhang, AS Amdekar, C Piech… - Advances in …, 2024 - proceedings.neurips.cc
Human commonsense understanding of the physical and social world is organized around
intuitive theories. These theories support making causal and moral judgments. When …

[HTML][HTML] A deeper look at autonomous vehicle ethics: an integrative ethical decision-making framework to explain moral pluralism

J Rhim, JH Lee, M Chen, A Lim - Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The autonomous vehicle (AV) is one of the first commercialized AI-embedded robots to
make autonomous decisions. Despite technological advancements, unavoidable AV …

How does “over-hype” lead to public misconceptions about autonomous vehicles? A new insight applying causal inference

Y Cai, P Jing, B Wang, C Jiang, Y Wang - Transportation research part A …, 2023 - Elsevier
Traffic accidents caused by drivers' over-reliance on SAE L2 advanced driver assistance
systems (ADAS) have become a new type of accident worthy of attention. There is growing …

[HTML][HTML] Self-protective and self-sacrificing preferences of pedestrians and passengers in moral dilemmas involving autonomous vehicles

MM Mayer, R Bell, A Buchner - PLoS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Upon the introduction of autonomous vehicles into daily traffic, it becomes increasingly likely
that autonomous vehicles become involved in accident scenarios in which decisions have to …

Selfish or utilitarian automated vehicles? Deontological evaluation and public acceptance

P Liu, J Liu - International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
This research involves a controversial topic in the public sphere: should automated vehicles
(AVs) be programmed with selfish algorithms to protect their passengers at all costs or …

[HTML][HTML] Why should innovators care about morality? Political ideology, moral foundations, and the acceptance of technological innovations

MC Claudy, M Parkinson, K Aquino - Technological Forecasting and Social …, 2024 - Elsevier
Innovations have become an increasingly polarized issue between the political left and right.
Recent debates around artificial intelligence, mRNA vaccines, and genetically modified …