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Oh, wonderful... Our infrastructure is already supposedly highly vulnerable, now we can add commercial aircraft. Then, self-driving cargo trucks will hit the roads soon, eventually followed by self-driving cars, all juicy targets for scum wanting to spread chaos.
https://www.wired.com/2015/05/feds-say-banned-researcher-commandeered-plane/
05/15/15
Excerpt:
A SECURITY RESEARCHER kicked off a United Airlines flight last month after tweeting about security vulnerabilities in its system had previously taken control of an airplane and caused it to briefly fly sideways, according to an application for a search warrant filed by an FBI agent.
Chris Roberts, a security researcher with One World Labs, told the FBI agent during an interview in February that he had hacked the in-flight entertainment system, or IFE, on an airplane and overwrote code on the plane’s Thrust Management Computer while aboard the flight. He was able to issue a climb command and make the plane briefly change course, the document states.
“He stated that he thereby caused one of the airplane engines to climb resulting in a lateral or sideways movement of the plane during one of these flights,” FBI Special Agent Mark Hurley wrote in his warrant application (.pdf). “He also stated that he used Vortex software after comprising/exploiting or ‘hacking’ the airplane’s networks. He used the software to monitor traffic from the cockpit system.”
Then, there are these additional factors to consider:
The Ethics of Autonomous Cars
Sometimes good judgment can compel us to act illegally. Should a self-driving vehicle get to make that same decision?
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/10/the-ethics-of-autonomous-cars/280360/
The example they give:
"If a small tree branch pokes out onto a highway and there’s no incoming traffic, we’d simply drift a little into the opposite lane and drive around it. But an automated car might come to a full stop, as it dutifully observes traffic laws that prohibit crossing a double-yellow line. This unexpected move would avoid bumping the object in front, but then cause a crash with the human drivers behind it."
They hint at another example by explaining the "Trolley Problem" ethical conundrum, but let me relate it to your self-driving car with an example I read somewhere else on-line: a large truck rounding a blind curve is in your lane; your only way to avoid a head-on collision is to go off the road and into a group of cyclists; the computer instantly calculates the potential casualties and decides to sacrifice (and likely kill) you.
Then, there's this factor for the much more near-term self-driving cargo trucks, not even related to them being hacked and turned into deadly "road warriors":
Self-Driving Trucks Are Going to Hit Us Like a Human-Driven Truck
The imminent need for basic income in recognition of our machine-driven future
Excerpt:
It should be clear at a glance just how dependent the American economy is on truck drivers. According to the American Trucker Association, there are 3.5 million professional truck drivers in the US...
https://www.wired.com/2015/05/feds-say-banned-researcher-commandeered-plane/
05/15/15
Excerpt:
A SECURITY RESEARCHER kicked off a United Airlines flight last month after tweeting about security vulnerabilities in its system had previously taken control of an airplane and caused it to briefly fly sideways, according to an application for a search warrant filed by an FBI agent.
Chris Roberts, a security researcher with One World Labs, told the FBI agent during an interview in February that he had hacked the in-flight entertainment system, or IFE, on an airplane and overwrote code on the plane’s Thrust Management Computer while aboard the flight. He was able to issue a climb command and make the plane briefly change course, the document states.
“He stated that he thereby caused one of the airplane engines to climb resulting in a lateral or sideways movement of the plane during one of these flights,” FBI Special Agent Mark Hurley wrote in his warrant application (.pdf). “He also stated that he used Vortex software after comprising/exploiting or ‘hacking’ the airplane’s networks. He used the software to monitor traffic from the cockpit system.”
Then, there are these additional factors to consider:
The Ethics of Autonomous Cars
Sometimes good judgment can compel us to act illegally. Should a self-driving vehicle get to make that same decision?
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/10/the-ethics-of-autonomous-cars/280360/
The example they give:
"If a small tree branch pokes out onto a highway and there’s no incoming traffic, we’d simply drift a little into the opposite lane and drive around it. But an automated car might come to a full stop, as it dutifully observes traffic laws that prohibit crossing a double-yellow line. This unexpected move would avoid bumping the object in front, but then cause a crash with the human drivers behind it."
They hint at another example by explaining the "Trolley Problem" ethical conundrum, but let me relate it to your self-driving car with an example I read somewhere else on-line: a large truck rounding a blind curve is in your lane; your only way to avoid a head-on collision is to go off the road and into a group of cyclists; the computer instantly calculates the potential casualties and decides to sacrifice (and likely kill) you.
Then, there's this factor for the much more near-term self-driving cargo trucks, not even related to them being hacked and turned into deadly "road warriors":
Self-Driving Trucks Are Going to Hit Us Like a Human-Driven Truck
The imminent need for basic income in recognition of our machine-driven future
Excerpt:
It should be clear at a glance just how dependent the American economy is on truck drivers. According to the American Trucker Association, there are 3.5 million professional truck drivers in the US...
