Autonomous Systems (AS) may offer significant societal benefits but will also create new types of incidents and accidents. The ability to access, explain and understand data related to failure or accidents will be a fundamental requirement for ensuring safety, liability and public trust.
Drawing on Responsible Research and Innovation principles, we analyse a particular AS – autonomous vehicles (AVs) – with three objectives:
1) Investigate the ethical risks and legal implications related to the collection, access and use of data.
2) Test the legal usefulness of data sets.
3) Evaluate public acceptance of data recorders (‘black boxes’) for AS
“Accidents will happen” – so let’s learn from them
An interview with Pericle Salvini