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Self driving car on a road. Autonomous vehicle. Inside view.

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Author
News
Date
March 31, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
Artificial Intelligence, ChatpGPT, Consciousness, Elon Musk, Large Language Models (LLMs), OpenAI, Science fiction, self-driving cars, Slate, Tesla}

The Irony in Musk’s AI Distrust

_{As a leader in AI, why is Musk advocating a pause on its development?} _{News

March 31, 2023

2

Artificial Intelligence}

Elon Musk joined a petition to “pause” AI research, citing concern over its potential harms and overreach. This is interesting, since Musk originally funded OpenAI, which is now at the forefront of cutting-edge AI systems like ChatGPT. In addition, Musk’s ventures with self-driving cars and his confidence in neural technology all cast him as a leader in the AI revolution. So why is he calling for a hiatus? According to a recent Slate article, the warnings against Large Language Models (LLMs) are a distraction from the more dangerous AI inventions like the self-driving car. Musk uses sci-fi alarmism to exacerbate the fear of a machine takeover, while his own experiments in automation have also proved to be dangerous for human Read More ›

Deep learning neural network AI Artificial intelligence concept

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Author
News
Date
January 10, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Programming

Tagged
Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), Bees and generalization, Generalization, Hubert Dreyfus (1929–2017), Rebel Science (pseudonym), self-driving cars}

Programmer: Deep Learning Can’t Give Us Computers That Think

_{Artificial general intelligence (AGI) — computers that think like humans — would need to be able to generalize, which he says Deep Learning doesn’t do} _{News

January 10, 2023

6

Artificial Intelligence, Programming}

At Medium late last year, a programmer/researcher who writes under the name “Rebel Science,” assessed Deep Learning, a favorite of the self-driving car quest, as “useless” because it can’t generalize: The biggest problem with DL is its inherent inability to effectively generalize. Without generalization, edge cases are an insurmountable problem, something that the autonomous vehicle industry found out the hard way after wasting more than $100 billion by betting on DL. Rebel Science, “Deep Learning Is Not Just Inadequate for Solving AGI, It Is Useless” at Medium (Nov 2, 2022) Displaying for readers a picture of a bicycle, he continues, A deep neural network cannot perceive this bicycle unless it has been previously trained to recognize it. Generalization is the Read More ›

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podcast

Author
Robert J. Marks
Date
June 30, 2022

Tagged
AI and Philosophy, AI software, AI wins Jeopardy, Alchemy, Alex Trebec, Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), Artificial General Intelligence (as impossible), Artificial General Intelligence (as very difficult), Artificial general intelligence (declining interest), Artificial Intelligence, China, contingencies, deep convolutional neural network, deepfake technology, Deepfakes, domain expertise, exponential expansion of contingencies, fast.AI, full self driving, George Gilder, Google, human contingencies, IBM, IBM Watson, IBM's Deep Blue, Justin Bui, pareto effeciency, pareto trade-off, Pareto tradeoff, Paul Harvey, pixels, pseudo-AI, pseudoscience, Robert J. Marks, samuel haug, Science fiction, self-driving cars, Software, standardization of the AI, Technology, The Rest of the Story, types of known, unexpected contingencies}

AI: The Potential and the Problems

_{Robert J. Marks

June 30, 2022

2}

Despite the hype regarding the seemingly infinite possibilities surrounding AI technology, artificial intelligence still has a number of humbling hurtles to overcome. Justin Bui and Samuel Haug join Robert J. Marks to discuss the latest developments in artificial intelligence. Show Notes 00:00:56 | The Homunculus 00:04:09 | Introducing Justin Bui 00:06:54 | Fast AI 00:13:45 | Deepfake Technology 00:21:40 | Read More ›

Hypnotic abstract red digital code cyber glitch background 3D illustration. Psychedelic stylish artificial intelligence backplate with block graphics and code fragments depicting a computer hack.

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podcast

Author
Robert J. Marks
Date
November 11, 2021

Tagged
AI wins Jeopardy, Alex Trebec, Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), Artificial Intelligence, artificial neural networks, deep convolutional neural network, full self driving, IBM's Deep Blue, Justin Bui, mind matters, Paul Harvy, Robert J. Marks, Sam Haug, self-driving cars, The Rest of the Story, unexpected contingencies}

When AI Goes Wrong

_{Robert J. Marks

November 11, 2021

1}

AI must do what it is designed to do, but what if it doesn’t? What if AI begins behaving in bizarre and unpredictable ways? The more complex the system, the more that it can go wrong. Robert J. Marks discusses artificial general intelligence (AGI) with Justin Bui and Samuel Haug. Show Notes 00:37 | Introducing Justin Bui and Samuel Haug Read More ›

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podcast

Author
Robert J. Marks
Date
October 7, 2021

Tagged
AlphaGo, Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), Deep neural networks DNNs, Elon Musk, Ergodicity, Eric Holloway, Films, Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), GPT-3, Jonathan Bartlett, Lovelace test, medical research, Neural networks, Neuralink, OpenAI, Robert J. Marks, Robots, Sam Altman, self-driving cars, Sleep, Tesla, Texas Sharpshooter Fallacies, Video games}

The 2020 AI Dirty Dozen Hyped Stories: Countdown by Bradley Center Brain Trust Members

_{Robert J. Marks

October 7, 2021

3}

Is AI fundamentally flawed? Can Elon Musk merge man with machines? Will there ever be self-driving cars? Join us as we revisit the top 12 most over-hyped stories in artificial intelligence from 2020 with Robert J. Marks, Jonathan Bartlett, and Eric Holloway. Show Notes 00:01:10 | Introducing Jonathan Bartlett 00:01:37 | Introducing Dr. Eric Holloway 00:02:00 | #12: “The way Read More ›

Smart cars with automatic sensor driving on metropolis with wireless connection

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Author
Jonathan Bartlett
Date
October 4, 2021

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
Autonomous Vehicles, DeNA, Easy Ride, Levels of autonomy (self-driving cars), Nissan, NTT DoCoMo, self-driving cars, William Dembski}

Nissan Develops Autonomous Taxi Service in Japan

_{Nissan recently chose to advance their pursuit of an autonomous vehicle by developing a taxi service to work in limited locations} _{Jonathan Bartlett

October 4, 2021

4

Artificial Intelligence}

One of the quieter players in the development of autonomous technology over the last decade has been Nissan. They originally announced the development of their autonomous technology in 2013, claiming that it would be fully ready to bring to market by 2020. While Nissan had a more realistic timeline than other companies touting autonomous development, it fell prey to the same failure to realize the actual complications that are inherent in truly autonomous scenarios. A graphic developed by Nissan in 2017 (shown below) shows the naïveté that was rampant during that time period. Nissan imagined that there were four stages to the development of autonomous vehicles— (1) single-lane highway, (2) multi-lane highway, (3) city driving, and then (4) full autonomy. The problem, as we have noted Read More ›

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Author
News
Date
June 21, 2021

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Autonomous Vehicles, Ophelia Deroy, self-driving cars}

Researchers: Humans “Exploit” Machines Without a Sense of Guilt!

_{Humans, we are told, are so unethical that we take advantage of "benevolent" self-driving cars} _{News

June 21, 2021

4

Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, Philosophy of Mind}

In case no one knew this, humans are cruel, greedy, and deceptive. We even take advantage of self-driving cars. Our crimes are revealed in a recent study that scolds humans as “unwilling to cooperate and compromise with machines. They even exploit them.” When you’ve stopped laughing, you might be interested to learn of some intriguing findings from studies of human behavior around self-driving cars (autonomous vehicles) and Prisoner’s Dilemma games. One team of researchers, in a test involving 9 experiments and 2000 participants, tried to determine whether humans would behave as co-operatively with AI systems as we do with fellow humans: The study which is published in the journal iScience found that, upon first encounter, people have the same level Read More ›

Restaurant automation service concept. Robot waiter serving a tray with a bottles and wine glass. Two wheels robotic character on yellow wall, gray floor background. copy space

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Author
Gary Smith and Jeffrey Funk
Date
May 26, 2021

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
A World Without Work, Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, Google, Google Translate, Robots, self-driving cars, Unemployment, Watson Health}

A World Without Work? Don’t Hold Your Breath

_{Predictions of mass unemployment caused by robots continue to be wildly inaccurate} _{Gary Smith and Jeffrey Funk

May 26, 2021

9

Artificial Intelligence}

Will we soon be sitting on couches watching reality TV shows while robots work 24/7 doing all of the work humans used to do? The idea that robots will replace most human labor has been around for almost 100 years and has become more popular with each new advance, from sensors and microprocessors to enterprise software, data analytics, and AI. The latest wave of robot hysteria was tweaked by The Singularity is Near in 2005, emboldened by Race Against the Machine in 2012, and sent over the top by The Second Machine Age and The Rise of Robots in 2016, and A World Without Work in 2020, all best sellers. A World Without Work was shortlisted for the Financial Times & McKinsey 2020 Business Book of the Year, in addition Read More ›

Woman passenger sitting in the backseat and selects a route when her self-driving car rides on the highway.

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Author
Jonathan Bartlett
Date
April 29, 2021

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance

Tagged
Autonomous Vehicles, Autonomous vehicles (edge cases), Elon Musk, Levels of autonomy (self-driving cars), self-driving cars, Tesla, Tesla (regulatory filings)}

Tesla Continues to Walk Back Full Self-Driving Claims

_{In 2016, Tesla (TSLA) couldn’t tell enough people that its cars would soon drive themselves} _{Jonathan Bartlett

April 29, 2021

4

Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance}

In 2019, Tesla raised billions of dollars on the prospect of a fleet of a million robotaxis by the next year. However, starting on the Q3 2019 earnings call, CEO Elon Musk started walking back some of those claims. To begin with, in that earnings call, Musk started saying that “feature complete” really just meant that the “City Streets” version would be operable, not that it could actually drive without assistance. A year later, in regulatory filings with the California DMV, Tesla said, “As such, a final release of City Streets will continue to be an SAE Level 2, advanced driver-assistance feature.” In the accepted terminology around levels of self-driving, truly self-driving vehicles are classed as SAE Level 5. Level Read More ›

Motorsport racing track and car slammed brakes sign

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Author
Richard W. Stevens
Date
April 28, 2021

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance, Law

Tagged
Autonomous braking systems (risks), Autonomous Vehicles, Autonomous Vehicles (braking systems), Autonomous Vehicles (lawsuits), Collision Mitigation Braking System (CMBS), driverless cars, Elon Musk, Forward Collision Avoidance Braking System, Motor vehicle collisions (and AI), National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), NHTSA, self-driving cars, Tesla}

Artificial Intelligence Slams on the Brakes

_{The problem of autonomous cars suddenly slamming the brakes is becoming well known and it has no known fix} _{Richard W. Stevens

April 28, 2021

9

Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance, Law}

Having just donated your well-worn 1994 Toyota Camry to charity, you’re driving a brand new 2020 Honda sedan on a major street, enjoying air-conditioned comfort on a sunny day, with the satellite radio service narrowcasting tunes from the soundtrack of your life. Then, WHAM! In a half second, the car slows from 45 to 20 — and you never touched the brake pedal. You never saw it coming but your neck is still reminding you painfully of your whiplash injury. A close family member experienced this exact scenario just a month ago. She never touched the brake pedal. What happened? The dealership’s sales representative had not explained each and every feature of this postmodern car and certainly didn’t warn about Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski
Date
April 20, 2021

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy of Mind, Programming

Tagged
Autonomous Vehicles, Erik J. Larson, Eugene Goostman, Eye contact (and communication), Featured, Google's gorillas (image analyzer failure), Myth of Artificial Intelligence (book), self-driving cars, Tay (chatbot)}

Automated Driving and Other Failures of AI

_{How would autonomous cars manage in an environment where eye contact with other drivers is important?} _{William A. Dembski

April 20, 2021

4

Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy of Mind, Programming}

Yesterday I posted a review here of philosopher and programmer Erik Larson’s The Myth of Artificial Intelligence. There’s a lot more I would like to say. Here are some additional notes, to which I will add in a couple of future posts. Three of the failures of Big Tech that I listed earlier (Eugene Goostman, Tay, and the image analyzer that Google lobotomized so that it could no longer detect gorillas, even mistakenly) were obvious frauds and/or blunders. Goostman was a fraud out of the box. Tay a blunder that might be fixed in the sense that its racist language could be mitigated through some appropriate machine learning. And the Google image analyzer — well that was just pathetic: either retire the image Read More ›

electric vehicle of the future using smart electric car charging station at home frontal perspective

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Author
News
Date
March 3, 2021

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance, Environment

Tagged
Apple (company), Autonomous Vehicles, Baidu, Batteries (electric cars), Britain, Cars (as addiction), China, Daimler, Electric car market, Electric vehicles, Farhad Manjoo, Geely, iCar concept, Jonathan Bartlett, Level 4 vs. Level 5 self-driving, Public transit (autonomous), self-driving cars}

Apple Is Once Again Eyeing the Smart Car Market

_{Other firms are jumping in or ramping up and, with the fog from the COVID-19 pandemic clearing, we are looking out at a broader array of new vehicle plans} _{News

March 3, 2021

5

Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance, Environment}

Early in February, rumor had it that Apple is once again eyeing the smart car market, both electric and self-driving. Improved batteries and new environment regulations might make smart cars a promising new business area. According to USA Today, the “iCar” is certain to be an electric vehicle costing over $40,000. The self-driving part is more of a challenge: But a self-driving car could introduce a “longer timeframe” in part due to Apple CEO Tim Cook’s cautious approach to unveiling new products, Ives said. Automakers and tech companies have yet to solve the thorniest challenges associated with autonomous driving. Nathan Bomey, “Is Apple making an electric, self-driving car? If it does, here are 5 things you could see” at USA Read More ›

male hand using navigation system on car dashboard

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Author
News
Date
January 8, 2021

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance

Tagged
Comma.ai, Controlling vehciles by thoughts, Eric Holloway, Featured, George Hotz, Robert J. Marks, self-driving cars, smart cars}

#9 AI Success: Smarter Cars for Non-Millionaires

_{If your car is a recent model, an affordable aftermarket kit might transform it into a much smarter car} _{News

January 8, 2021

6

Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance}

Our Walter Bradley Center director Robert J. Marks is back with Jonathan Bartlett and Eric Holloway to assess the Top Ten real advances (“Smash Hits”) in AI in 2020. Readers may recall that we offered a fun series during the holidays about the oopses and ums and ers in the discipline (typically hyped by uncritical sources). Now it’s time to celebrate the real achievements. Our nerds think that the assisted driving kit from Comma.ai is one of them—an aftermarket kit that can make your car a smarter car. So here’s #9, featuring Eric Holloway who is a (smart) cheapskate: https://episodes.castos.com/mindmatters/Mind-Matters-116-Jonathan-Bartlett-Eric-Holloway.mp3 Our story begins at 09:19. Here’s a partial transcript. (Show Notes and Additional Resources follow, along with a link to Read More ›

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podcast

Author
Robert J. Marks
Date
January 7, 2021

Tagged
AI vs pilot dogfight, Autonomous Vehicles, Case for Killer Robots (book), Comma.ai, Daimler, DARPA, Eric Holloway, General Motors, hacking, Jonathan Bartlett, Language, Machine Learning, military technology, Neural networks, self-driving cars, smart cars, text translation, The Case for Killer Robots, translation, Waymo}

AI Smash Hits 2020 Part I

_{Robert J. Marks

January 7, 2021

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An ultimate test of a successful technology is whether it has been reduced to practice. Has it made a financial impact on the market? Has it been adopted by the very picky US military? Has it changed lives? We’re going to count down the AI Smash Hits: the top ten AI success stories for 2020. Join Dr. Robert J. Marks as he Read More ›

Tired man sitting in car, wearing in sleeping mask

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Author
News
Date
January 1, 2021

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance

Tagged
Autonomous Vehicles, Elon Musk, Eric Holloway, Featured, Jonathan Bartlett, Robert J. Marks, self-driving cars}

#4 Elon Musk: This Time Autopilot Is Going To WORK!

_{Jonathan Bartlett: I have to say, part of me loves Elon Musk and part of me can't stand the guy} _{News

January 1, 2021

7

Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance}

Our nerds here at the Walter Bradley Center have been discussing the top twelve AI hypes of the year. Our director Robert J. Marks, Eric Holloway and Jonathan Bartlett talk about overyhyped AI ideas (from a year in which we saw major advances, along with inevitable hypes). From AI Dirty Dozen 2020 Part III, here’s #4: Elon Musk’s fully self-driving software is finally going to work: Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Tuesday that the test version of the company’s Autopilot system will be released in “a month or so.” While he didn’t describe its capabilities, Musk said that once it’s out, “you’ll see what it’s like. It’s amazing. It’s clearly going to work.” Chris Woodyard, “Elon Musk says Tesla’s full Read More ›

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podcast

Author
Robert J. Marks
Date
December 31, 2020

Tagged
Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), Elon Musk, Eric Holloway, Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), GPT-3, Jonathan Bartlett, Lovelace test, Neural networks, Neuralink, OpenAI, Sam Altman, self-driving cars, Tesla}

AI Dirty Dozen 2020 Part III

_{Robert J. Marks

December 31, 2020

2}

There are many forces that shape the hyped AI stories we read. Media is everywhere and competition is fierce. Articles with provocative headlines and content are clickbait for the browsing consumer. We’re going to count down the AI Dirty Dozen: the top twelve AI hyped stories for 2020. Join Dr. Robert J. Marks as he discusses some of these stories with Read More ›

Autonomous vehicles on highway with self driving cars sensing environment by radar and operating safely on speedway thanks to artificial intelligence and control systems, automated transport concept

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Author
Jonathan Bartlett
Date
November 18, 2020

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance, Economics

Tagged
Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, Level 4 self-driving, Level 5 self-driving, self-driving cars, Tesla, Uber}

What Real Advantage Do Self-Driving Cars Provide?

_{It’s time for a hard-headed look at the costs and benefits of the pursuit of fully self-driving cars} _{Jonathan Bartlett

November 18, 2020

4

Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance, Economics}

More and more people are realizing that autonomous (self-driving) vehicles are not a road to automotive prosperity. To recap, Level 5 self-driving is what most people think of when they hear the term “self-driving.” You type in an address and the car takes you where you want to go while you sleep in the back. That car is not going to hit the road anytime soon. Level 4 self-driving is similar but only works within well-defined areas or situations. In practice, Level 4 essentially relies on either intelligent infrastructure or a territory that is so predictable and well-mapped that it obviates the need for intelligent infrastructure. Huge amounts have been invested in self-driving vehicles. The Information estimated that $16 billion Read More ›

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Author
News
Date
November 4, 2020

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
Anthony Stretton, Binary Reality Assumption, Ergodicity, Ergodicity Assumption, Featured, Gaming AI, George Gilder, Go, Map vs. territory, Roundworm, self-driving cars}

Maps Are Not Territories and Reality Needn’t Follow Our Rules

_{These assumptions are just two more tales from the AI apocalypse, as George Gilder tells it, in Gaming AI.} _{News

November 4, 2020

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Artificial Intelligence}

Yesterday, we looked at two of the six assumptions that, according to George Gilder (pictured) in Gaming AI, are generally shared by those who believe that we will merge with our machines in a Singularity. These first two assumptions were: The brain is a computer and Big Data is a Big Answer. Now here are two more: • “The Binary Reality Assumption: Reliable links exist between maps and territories, computational symbols, and their objects.” (p. 50) Basically, this assumption means that reality will somehow always phone the computer’s map to say that things have changed. That assumption underlies the push for self-driving cars that can handle any terrain (Level 5). The machine is to handle all possibilities, including remote, unmapped Read More ›

smart retail concept, robot service use for check the data of or Stores that stock goods on shelves with easily-viewed barcode and prices or photo compared against an idealized representation of store

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Author
News
Date
November 3, 2020

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance, Work

Tagged
Amazon, Autonomous cars, Boeing, driverless cars, employment, Featured, Jobs, Jonathan Bartlett, Robots, self-driving cars, Walmart}

WalMart Shelves Its Robot Inventory Clerks

_{These costly experiences are helping businesses better understand when automation works and when it just doesn’t} _{News

November 3, 2020

5

Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance, Work}

The WalMart automation project started in 2017, as part of an effort to compete with Amazon: Walmart, which posted record online sales in its recent quarter, now has more workers walking the aisles to package online orders, extracting new data on inventory problems, people familiar with the situation told the Wall Street Journal, which was the first to report this news. Reuters Staff, “Walmart drops plans to use robots for tracking inventory” at Reuters Here’s some background: Walmart ended the partnership because it found different, sometimes simpler solutions that proved just as useful – something that came to light during the coronavirus pandemic as more shoppers flock to online delivery and pickup, forcing Walmart to have workers physically walk store Read More ›

Smart car, Autonomous self-driving concept.

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Author
Jonathan Bartlett
Date
November 2, 2020

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance, Ethics

Tagged
Autonomous cars, Autonomous trucks, Daimler, driverless cars, Featured, Levels of autonomy (self-driving cars), self-driving cars, Voyage (automaker), Waymo}

Daimler, Waymo, and GM Make Big Gains in Level 4 Self-Driving

_{GM has been given a permit to test five driverless cars on streets in San Francisco later this year} _{Jonathan Bartlett

November 2, 2020

4

Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance, Ethics}

The Society for Automotive Engineering (SAE) has identified five levels of self-driving which describe how much a particular vehicle is able to handle its own driving tasks. Level 1 means that the vehicle handles either the speed or the steering, but not both, and it requires supervision. While ordinary cruise control technically falls into this level, most people associate cruise control with adaptive cruise control, which slows down or speeds up with traffic. A Level 2 car can control the speed and the steering but the driver must still maintain full vigilance. At Level 3, the driver need not maintain total vigilance but must still be able to take control upon request. Level 4 is “full self-driving” but limited to Read More ›