At Autonomous Orbs Incorporated, the artificial intelligence guiding all the state-of-the-art, self-driving vehicles could flawlessly anticipate everything that could possibly happen on the road. Each Orb’s Empathy Engine could even provide the perfect atmosphere to match each passenger. A system so finally tuned removed all chance of human error. But what about human stupidity? When legislation insisted on providing a human safeguard, just in case anything went wrong, nobody ever imagined that this might be its ultimate undoing.
During my research for this story, I found some fascinating articles. If you want to geek out read on...
The Guardian - Your next car will be hacked. Will autonomous vehicles be worth it?
Medium - Where Artificial Intelligence Meets Censorship on Social Media
https://medium.com/@walidsaba/where-artificial-intelligence-meets-censorship-on-social-media-738f53ab3f6#.m469zvuf8
Wired - Inside Google's Internet Justice League
https://www.wired.com/2016/09/inside-googles-internet-justice-league-ai-powered-war-trolls/
Engadget - Inside Honda's money-making, AI-based NeuV concept car
https://www.engadget.com/2017/01/06/inside-honda-s-money-making-yet-emotional-nuev-concept-car/
Engadget - Facebook developed a censorship tool for use in China
https://www.engadget.com/2016/11/22/nyt-facebook-developed-a-censorship-tool-for-use-in-china/
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