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  1. All Tesla Cars Being Produced Now Have Full Self-Driving Hardware

    Article This 2016 blog post from Tesla's blog describes how all Tesla cars being produced from that point onward have full self-driving...

  2. Car makers can’t “drive their way to safety” with self-driving cars

    Article In this article, the author argues that while autonomous vehicles are being promoted in the name of road safety, it...

  3. Cities Have Taken the Lead in Regulating Driverless Vehicles

    Article This article describes how cities, rather than federal or state governments, have taken the lead on autonomous vehicle regulation. The article...

  4. Cities Need to Take the Wheel in Our Driverless Future

    Article In this article, the author argues that cities need to play an active and thoughtful role in regulating the introduction...

  5. Feds defend voluntary robot car regulations

    Article This article describes the arguments for and against robot car regulations. While safety advocates argue for strict autonomous vehicle regulations, the...

  6. From driverless dilemmas to more practical commonsense tests for automated vehicles

    Academic Paper This academic paper has the following abstract: "For the first time in history, automated vehicles (AVs) are being deployed in...

  7. Future of Travel Lecture Slides

    Lecture / slides Slides for Lecture 19 of Ethical and Professional Issues in Notre Dame's Computer Science and Engineering department. In this lecture, the...

  8. Have Autonomous Vehicles Hit A Roadblock?

    Article This article argues that despite promises to have fully autonomous vehicles hit the roads around 2021-2022, the reality is that they...

  9. Reading Quiz 10

    Reading Quiz This reading quiz was used in the Ethical and Professional Issues course in the Computer Science and Engineering department at Notre Dame....

  10. Self-driving car accidents: Robot drivers are ‘odd, and that’s why they get hit’

    Article This article describes a surprising reason why self-driving vehicles get into accidents: they are too cautious. The article argues that because...

  11. Self-driving cars still can’t mimic the most natural human behavior

    Article In this article, the author argues that in order to have safer self-driving cars, the cars need to be able to mimic...

  12. Self-Driving Cars Still Don't Know How to See

    Article In this article, Meredith Broussard highlights the dangers of self-driving cars. Broussard expands upon the fact that cars don't see...

  13. The Driverless-Car Pile-Up

    Article In this article, venture capitalist Michael Gibson describes his take on which autonomous vehicle companies to invest in. Gibson argues...

  14. The Menace and Promise of Autonomous Vehicles

    Article In this article, Jacob Silverman explores the issue of when autonomous vehicles make mistakes and cause accidents. Silverman highlights the...

  15. The Trolley, the Bull Bar, and Why Engineers Should Care About the Ethics of Autonomous Cars

    Academic Paper This academic paper has the following abstract: "Everyone agrees that autonomous cars ought to save lives. Even if the cars do...

  16. Uber Video Shows the Kind of Crash Self-Driving Cars Are Made to Avoid

    Article This article describes the video footage from an Uber-owned autonomous vehicle that hit and killed a pedestrian. From the video it...

  17. U.S. House unanimously approves sweeping self-driving car measure

    Article This article describes a unanimous approval by the US House of Representatives in 2017 to speed the deployment of self-driving cars...

  18. Writing Reflection 08: Artificial Perception

    Writing Reflection The ninth writing assignment for Ethical and Professional Issues in Notre Dame's Computer Science and Engineering department.This assignment encourages students to...