If you switch to self-driving mode (which is not actually self-driving) Tesla will record your accident so they can point out why you are at fault.
Tesla asks Full Self-Driving Beta drivers to accept being recorded in case of a crash or ‘safety risk’
Tesla is now asking owners getting into the Full Self-Driving Beta program to accept that Tesla can use footage from both inside and outside the car in case of a safety risk or accident.
It’s the first time that Tesla will attach footage to specific individuals.
… The automaker has updated the warning that comes with downloading a new version of the FSD Beta.
It includes all the much-needed warnings that were parts of previous releases, but Tesla added important new language:
“By enabling FSD Beta, I consent to Tesla’s collection of VIN-associated image data from the vehicle’s external cameras and Cabin Camera in the occurrence of a serious safety risk or a safety event like a collision.”
The important part is “VIN-associated,” which means that the footage collected will be associated with the owners’ vehicle.
(Related) Timely! What information should a car have?
The self-driving trolley problem: how will future AI systems make the most ethical choices for all of us?
… Imagine a future with self-driving cars that are fully autonomous. If everything works as intended, the morning commute will be an opportunity to prepare for the day’s meetings, catch up on news, or sit back and relax.
But what if things go wrong? The car approaches a traffic light, but suddenly the brakes fail and the computer has to make a split-second decision. It can swerve into a nearby pole and kill the passenger, or keep going and kill the pedestrian ahead.
The computer controlling the car will only have access to limited information collected through car sensors, and will have to make a decision based on this. As dramatic as this may seem, we’re only a few years away from potentially facing such dilemmas.
… Tesla does not yet produce fully autonomous cars, although it plans to. In collision situations, Tesla cars don’t automatically operate or deactivate the Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) system if a human driver is in control.
In other words, the driver’s actions are not disrupted – even if they themselves are causing the collision. Instead, if the car detects a potential collision, it sends alerts to the driver to take action.
In “autopilot” mode, however, the car should automatically brake for pedestrians. Some argue if the car can prevent a collision, then there is a moral obligation for it to override the driver’s actions in every scenario. But would we want an autonomous car to make this decision?
Perspective.
https://www.theregister.com/2021/11/24/aspi_chinese_internet_governance_report/
China trying to export its Great Firewall and governance model
China is actively trying to export its internal internet governance model, according to a paper from the International Cyber Policy Centre at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute.
Titled "China's cyber vision: How the Cyberspace Administration of China is building a new consensus on global internet governance", the paper outlines how China perceives sovereignty over its internet as having equivalent importance to sovereignty over its territory.
Recent data security initiatives that restrict Chinese data from going offshore, and crackdowns on tech giants, are both expressions of Beijing's desire to ensure that the Communist Party of China (CCP) can control the internet within China's borders.
Pervasive censorship with the Great Firewall is another element, as are the blizzard of new rules covering acceptable online content (another dropped yesterday, restricting how celebrities can behave online as they engage with fans).
I thought we had determined that if the security system allows you to access the data, you are “authorized” to access the data. Not enough detail in the article to determine if this was the case.
Little Rock officer arrested for ‘unauthorized access’ of personal information
THV11 reports:
According to the Little Rock Police Department, Officer Miles McWayne has been arrested for “unauthorized access” of the personal information of a citizen.
The person filed a police report with the department in August after the reported incident took place in May.
McWayne was officially charged with the misdemeanor of accessing the information illegally.
Read more on THV11.
No Terminator in my lifetime? How boring…
6 positive AI visions for the future of work
Current trends in AI are nothing if not remarkable. Day after day, we hear stories about systems and machines taking on tasks that, until very recently, we saw as the exclusive and permanent preserve of humankind: making medical diagnoses, drafting legal documents, designing buildings, and even composing music.
Our concern here, though, is with something even more striking: the prospect of high-level machine intelligence systems that outperform human beings at essentially every task. This is not science fiction. In a recent survey the median estimate among leading computer scientists reported a 50% chance that this technology would arrive within 45 years.
… What will constitute 'work' in a future
Participants were divided on this question. One camp thought that, freed from the shackles of traditional work, humans could use their new freedom to engage in exploration, self-improvement, volunteering, or whatever else they find satisfying. Proponents of this view usually supported some form of universal basic income (UBI), while acknowledging that our current system of education hardly prepares people to fashion their own lives, free of any economic constraints.
The second camp in our workshops and interviews believed the opposite: traditional work might still be essential. To them, UBI is an admission of failure – it assumes that most people will have nothing of economic value to contribute to society. They can be fed, housed, and entertained – mostly by machines – but otherwise left to their own devices.
(Related) An interactive chart…
https://intelligence.weforum.org/topics/a1Gb0000000pTDREA2/key-issues/a1Gb00000017LCAEA2
Artificial Intelligence: The Geopolitical Impacts of AI
An Audit algorithm could look at each transaction as they occur and determine how each will impact the bottom line.
https://www.journalofaccountancy.com/news/2021/nov/6-lessons-audit-experts-adopted-ai-early.html
6 lessons from audit experts who adopted AI early
… In advance of the conference, they shared practical advice for other practitioners and firms. GRF started using an AI platform for audits about four years ago — an investment that they said is now delivering returns.
… GRF uses MindBridge, a cloud-based platform that analyzes transactions and assigns a risk percentage based on 28 control points within the software. It represents a fundamental shift, the CPAs said: Instead of sampling transactions for review, the platform ingests and analyzes every transaction.
Should we imagine the Terminator writing plays? (Worth reading for the Trump hair description)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/24/books/review/shakespeare-cohere-natural-language-processing.html
The Algorithm That Could Take Us Inside Shakespeare’s Mind
A list I need to complete.
https://www.bespacific.com/vote-for-the-best-book/
Vote For the Best Book
The New York Times – “In October, editors at the Book Review asked you to help us choose the best book of the past 125 years. We received thousands of nominations — including novels, memoirs and poetry collections — from readers across the world. We narrowed those submissions down to a shortlist of 25 finalists. And now we’re ready to choose the winner. That’s where you come in. Scroll through the list to learn more about each title, including why readers suggested it and how The Times covered it in the past. You can choose up to three, and we’ll crown a winning book in December…” [Note: this is a terrific list and worth reading even if you do not vote.]
Zoom at the start of the pandemic?
https://dilbert.com/strip/2021-11-24
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