"One self-driving car expert, Bryant Walker Smith, said his first impression was of “outrage” viewing the video. “Although this video isn’t the full pictu…
"“What we see in today’s sad news is another example of tech experimentation outpacing thoughtful regulation,” Elizabeth Joh, a U.C. Davis law professor wh…
"If her family were to pursue a civil case, attorneys could potentially make a range of negligence claims, said Bryant Walker Smith, an assistant professor…
An automated vehicle in Uber’s fleet fatally struck a woman crossing a street in Arizona. A few points pending more information: 1. This sad incident will tes…
""On average there's a fatality about once every 100 million miles in the US, so while this incident is not statistically determinative, it is unc…
"Speaking to a crowd of captivated futurists at the Speakeasy in Downtown Austin at #SXSW, Peter Asaro warned of a future in which “autonomous weapon syste…
"As Bryant Walker Smith, assistant professor at University of South Carolina puts it, “we focus on what’s really sexy, like self-driving cars. And we forge…
""Those deployments will start small but grow fast," said Bryant Walker Smith, a specialist in autonomous vehicle regulation at the University of…
“We will continue to see a mix of approaches in other states. Many are likely to have far less regulation than California,” said Bryant Walker Smith, assistant…
"“There were lots of overlaps and informal sharing and all kinds of personalities early on,” says Bryant Walker Smith, a law professor at Stanford who spec…
"Patrick Lin, philosophy professor at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, is one of the few philosophers who’s examining the ethics of self-driving cars outside the…
"“[Autonomous police cars] could also reduce opportunities for valuable educational or investigatory interactions between police and the public,” Smith say…