Brenna Newsom, an eighth grader from Georgia, submitted this essay in response to our November Your Turn prompt. As we get more and more advanced in our technology, we must wonder about the ethics of some of these new inventions. One invention that is moving towards … [Read more...]
TIPsters on Cars
Today's TIPsters are the ones who will shape tomorrow's technology. (Trust us: we've been watching it happen for almost forty years.) And since self-driving cars are part of that future, we wanted to hear from current TIPsters who are interested in cars to see what direction they … [Read more...]
An Inside Look a Tiny, Autonomous Car
Seth Hollar is an engineering professor and entrepreneur who is involved—fittingly enough—with North Carolina State's Engineering Entrepreneurship Program. He works with college students who want to start their own companies. Their current focus is EcoPRT. The budding … [Read more...]
When Robots Meet Humans
What happens when self-driving cars—or other artificial intelligence—interact with human beings? How do we know what the robot will do? How does the robot respond to us? We discussed those questions, the current state of driverless cars, and more with Michael Clamann, an … [Read more...]
The Ethics of Self-Driving Cars
Philosophers like to make up stories, especially when they're talking about ethics and morality. These "thought experiments" are helpful tools to think through a problem. They help clarify what you really think about something. If you're debating whether or not lying is … [Read more...]
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