TY - JOUR
T1 - Self-Driving Cars
T2 - Ethical Responsibilities of Design Engineers
AU - Borenstein, Jason
AU - Herkert, Joseph
AU - Miller, Keith
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 IEEE.
PY - 2017/6
Y1 - 2017/6
N2 - In the wake of the exposure of Volkswagen's diesel engine test-rigging, a Bloomberg Business journalist described the company as driven by engineering-crazed executives [2] and The New York Times ran a story noting how with today's complex computer systems in automobiles, there are numerous opportunities for misdeeds both by automakers and hackers [3]. With the advent of so-called autonomous or self-driving cars, such issues may become even more pervasive and problematic. From a legal perspective, a key focal point is who would be at fault if and when an accident occurs [4]. Much also has been written about the ethical complexities posed by self-driving cars [5]-[6]. In accordance with Moore's Law, [a]s technological revolutions increase their social impact, ethical problems increase [7]. Yet relatively little has been said about the ethical responsibilities of the designers of self-driving cars.
AB - In the wake of the exposure of Volkswagen's diesel engine test-rigging, a Bloomberg Business journalist described the company as driven by engineering-crazed executives [2] and The New York Times ran a story noting how with today's complex computer systems in automobiles, there are numerous opportunities for misdeeds both by automakers and hackers [3]. With the advent of so-called autonomous or self-driving cars, such issues may become even more pervasive and problematic. From a legal perspective, a key focal point is who would be at fault if and when an accident occurs [4]. Much also has been written about the ethical complexities posed by self-driving cars [5]-[6]. In accordance with Moore's Law, [a]s technological revolutions increase their social impact, ethical problems increase [7]. Yet relatively little has been said about the ethical responsibilities of the designers of self-driving cars.
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U2 - 10.1109/MTS.2017.2696600
DO - 10.1109/MTS.2017.2696600
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85021124475
SN - 0278-0097
VL - 36
SP - 67
EP - 75
JO - IEEE Technology and Society Magazine
JF - IEEE Technology and Society Magazine
IS - 2
M1 - 7947308
ER -