<div dir="ltr"><div><div><a href="http://www.popsci.com.au/tech/cars/googles-driverless-cars-are-learning-how-to-avoid-cows,402480">http://www.popsci.com.au/tech/cars/googles-driverless-cars-are-learning-how-to-avoid-cows,402480</a><br><br></div>A patent has been filed by Google for an algorithm that lets their self-driving car avoid getting stuck behind cows (and other obstructions).<br><br>Full patent info at <br><a href="http://pdfpiw.uspto.gov/.piw?PageNum=0&docid=08996224&IDKey=A7E86AF0B33B&HomeUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fpatft.uspto.gov%2Fnetacgi%2Fnph-Parser%3FSect1%3DPTO2">http://pdfpiw.uspto.gov/.piw?PageNum=0&docid=08996224&IDKey=A7E86AF0B33B&HomeUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fpatft.uspto.gov%2Fnetacgi%2Fnph-Parser%3FSect1%3DPTO2</a><br><br><br></div>Ken Price, Tasmania<br><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 3:51 PM, Mark <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mark@vceit.com" target="_blank">mark@vceit.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">The ethics of robot vehicle design is a fascinating future necessity.<div><br></div><div>Consider the ethical decisions that future cars must eventually make, e.g.</div><div><br></div><div>- <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/10/the-ethics-of-autonomous-cars/280360/" target="_blank">http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/10/the-ethics-of-autonomous-cars/280360/</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>-<a href="http://theconversation.com/should-your-robot-driver-kill-you-to-save-a-childs-life-29926" target="_blank">http://theconversation.com/should-your-robot-driver-kill-you-to-save-a-childs-life-29926</a></div><div><br></div><div>-<a href="http://www.wired.com/2014/05/the-robot-car-of-tomorrow-might-just-be-programmed-to-hit-you/" target="_blank">http://www.wired.com/2014/05/the-robot-car-of-tomorrow-might-just-be-programmed-to-hit-you/</a></div><div><br></div><div>But if I had to choose between an autocar and my brother in his Ford Fiesta... I'd choose to opt for the odds of Googledeath every time.</div><div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><span class=""><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 16 April 2015 at 15:25, Roland Gesthuizen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rgesthuizen@gmail.com" target="_blank">rgesthuizen@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div>It is an interesting risk problem .. do we fear the Hacker who hijacked a plane or the rogue pilot? </div><div><br></div><div>I have more faith in planes than pilots .. they clearly know when the ground or buildings are in proximity. It annoys the hell of out me that reversing systems allow users to hit something when clearly, all the car needs is to gently tap the brake. What stops a plan giving a gentle tap. Many cars now take over your vehicle braking with a dedicated system when you do something stupid and lock up the brakes. Nobody is suggesting that we should not have this feature in case a car is hijacked, rather that at a primitive programming level the car acts to protect itself and your life. It’s a tap on the steering wheel that saves lives.</div><div><br></div><div>I have faith that if we can program in the laws of robotics (salute to Isaac Asimov <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Laws_of_Robotics" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Laws_of_Robotics</a>), the vehicle will not allow the people or itself come into harm from a malicious instruction. So if they get a command or software instruction that it knows will lead to certain destruction or death, it will trip over to a safety and alert status. </div><div><br></div><div>“So you want to fly the plan into a mountain, forget it chum, Im flying over it and alerting the authorities.”</div><div><br></div><div>“So we are running low on fuel and the nearest airport I can land in is behind us? Forget it chum, I’m turning this plane around and alerting the authorities.”</div><div><br></div><div>“So this software routine wants me to open the doors mid-flight? Forget it chum, I’m sounding an alert for pilot, authorities and aborting the command until you all say pretty-please."</div><div><br></div><div>It isn’t as if a plane refuses to take off because it is lacking scented napkins (salute to Douglas Adams) rather that thy are programmed to do sensible and nice things because we managed to think through these options in advance.</div><br><div>We could suggest Roboethics for a 2020 study design :-)</div><div><br></div><div>
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<br><div><blockquote type="cite"><div>On 16 Apr 2015, at 2:35 pm, Mark <<a href="mailto:mark@vceit.com" target="_blank">mark@vceit.com</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><div dir="ltr">Ho hum. This may be my last news post for a while. <div>People don't seem interested in them, and I have so many other cats to kick.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Hackers Could Commandeer New Planes Through Passenger Wi-Fi</b><br></div><div><i>Boeing 787 Dreamliner jets, as well as Airbus A350 and A380 aircraft, have Wi-Fi passenger networks that use the same network as the avionics systems of the planes, raising the possibility that a hacker could hijack the navigation system or commandeer the plane through the in-plane network, according to the US Government Accountability Office, which released a report about the planes today...</i><br clear="all"><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.wired.com/2015/04/hackers-commandeer-new-planes-passenger-wi-fi/" target="_blank">www.wired.com/2015/04/hackers-commandeer-new-planes-passenger-wi-fi/</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Or, like, whatever...</div><div><br></div>-- </div><div><div><span style="font-size:12.6667px">A nerd is someone whose life revolves around computers and technology for fun.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.6667px">A geek is someone whose life revolves around computers and technology for money.</span></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><i><br></i></div><div>Mark Kelly<br></div><div>mark AT vceit DOT com</div><div><a href="http://vceit.com/" target="_blank">http://vceit.com</a></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div></span><span class=""><font color="#888888">-- <br></font></span><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span class=""><font color="#888888"><div><i><br></i></div><div><span style="font-size:12.6667px">>> Witty sig goes HERE <<</span></div><div><br></div></font></span><span class=""><div>Mark Kelly</div><div>mark AT vceit DOT com</div><div><a href="http://vceit.com" target="_blank">http://vceit.com</a></div><div><br></div></span></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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