Common Sense Reasoning and AI Self-Driving Cars
By Lance Eliot, the AI Trends Insider
What is common sense?
There was a story in the news the other day about a man that got his arm stuck in a toilet while trying to...
Initial Forensic Analysis of the Uber Self-Driving Car Incident in Arizona
By Lance Eliot, the AI Trends Insider
In my column published on April 27, 2017 (nearly a year ago), I stated this:
“I expect that we will soon have a self-driving car crisis-in-faith because some self-driving...
Debugging of AI Self-Driving Cars
By Lance Eliot, the AI Trends Insider
Do you know how the word “debugging” originated? It is attributed to Grace Hopper, a pioneer in the computer field. When I was first starting out in computers,...
Conspiracy Theories about AI Self-Driving Cars
By Lance Eliot, the AI Trends Insider
What do these aspects have in common: Roswell, Area 51, JFK assassination, moon landing, AI self-driving cars?
They are all considered by some to be conspiracies.
Most of us are...
Speed Limits and AI Self-Driving Cars
By Lance Eliot, the AI Trends Insider
I feel the need, the need for speed.
But, then again, some say that speed kills.
We have speed limits on our roadways, and I am sure there’ve been some...
Singularity and AI Self-Driving Cars
By Lance Eliot, the AI Trends Insider
AI of today is considered narrow, brittle, and not at all near to what any of us might reasonably agree is a true sense of intelligence. Today’s AI...
Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) for AI Self-Driving Cars
By Lance Eliot, the AI Trends Insider
Where am I?
I know that I am standing in a dark room. It is so dark that I cannot see anything at all. I was led into the...
Exascale Supercomputers and AI Self-Driving Cars
By Lance Eliot, the AI Trends Insider
Supercomputers are great. If you are really into computing and computers, you’ve got to admire and be fascinated by supercomputing. It is similar to really being into cars...
Ethically Ambiguous Self-Driving Cars
By Dr. Lance B. Eliot, AI Insider for AI Trends, regular contributor
In 2016 the self-driving car industry was rocked by the crash of a Tesla car that was on autopilot and rammed into a...
Sensor Fusion for Self-Driving Cars
By Dr. Lance B. Eliot, the AI Trends Insider
There are essentially three main system functions of self-driving cars: (1) car sensor-related system functions, (2) car processing related functions that we tend to consider the...