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Highway on-ramp merging is of great challenge for autonomous vehicles (AVs), since they have to proactively interact with surrounding vehicles to enter the main road safely within limited time. However, existing decision-making algorithms…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-08-12 Haolin Liu , Zijun Guo , Yanbo Chen , Jiaqi Chen , Huilong Yu , Junqiang Xi

The increasing deployment of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and other autonomous algorithmic systems presents the world with new systemic risks. While focus often lies on the function of individual algorithms, a critical and underestimated…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2026-02-24 Maurice Chiodo , Dennis Müller

Machine learning algorithms are routinely used for business decisions that may directly affect individuals, for example, because a credit scoring algorithm refuses them a loan. It is then relevant from an ethical (and legal) point of view…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2025-10-06 Roberta Pappadà , Francesco Pauli

Although AI is transforming the world, there are serious concerns about its ability to behave and make decisions responsibly. Many ethical regulations, principles, and frameworks for responsible AI have been issued recently. However, they…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2022-03-17 Qinghua Lu , Liming Zhu , Xiwei Xu , Jon Whittle , Zhenchang Xing

This paper stresses the importance of biases in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) in two regards. First, in order to foster efficient algorithmic decision-making in complex, unstable, and uncertain real-world environments, we argue…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-02-15 Sarah Fabi , Thilo Hagendorff

AI revolutionizes transportation through autonomous vehicles (AVs) but introduces complex criminal liability issues regarding infractions. This study employs a comparative legal analysis of primary statutes, real-world liability claims, and…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-12-17 Sahibpreet Singh , Manjit Singh

Every maneuver of a vehicle redistributes risks between road users. While human drivers do this intuitively, autonomous vehicles allow and require deliberative algorithmic risk management. But how should traffic risks be distributed among…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-01-10 Sebastian Krügel , Matthias Uhl

The recent rapid advancements in artificial intelligence research and deployment have sparked more discussion about the potential ramifications of socially- and emotionally-intelligent AI. The question is not if research can produce such…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-07-30 Desmond C. Ong

This chapter explores the complex realm of autonomous cars, analyzing their fundamental components and operational characteristics. The initial phase of the discussion is elucidating the internal mechanics of these automobiles, encompassing…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2023-09-26 Md Aminul Islam , Sarah Alqahtani

We find ourselves surrounded by a rapidly increasing number of autonomous and semi-autonomous systems. Two grand challenges arise from this development: Machine Ethics and Machine Explainability. Machine Ethics, on the one hand, is…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2019-01-04 Kevin Baum , Holger Hermanns , Timo Speith

Progress in the field of artificial intelligence has been accelerating rapidly in the past two decades. Various autonomous systems from purely digital ones to autonomous vehicles are being developed and deployed out on the field. As these…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2019-06-20 Ville Vakkuri , Kai-Kristian Kemell , Joni Kultanen , Mikko Siponen , Pekka Abrahamsson

Autonomous systems are being developed and deployed in situations that may require some degree of ethical decision-making ability. As a result, research in machine ethics has proliferated in recent years. This work has included using moral…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2022-03-14 Travis LaCroix

The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence and autonomous driving technologies has significantly propelled the development of autonomous vehicles (AVs). However, psychological barriers continue to impede widespread AV adoption,…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-10-09 Yandika Sirgabsou , Benjamin Hardin , François Leblanc , Efi Raili , Pericle Salvini , David Jackson , Marina Jirotka , Lars Kunze

In the age of algorithms, I focus on the question of how to ensure algorithms that will take over many of our familiar archival and library tasks, will behave according to human ethical norms that have evolved over many years. I start by…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2018-01-08 Martijn van Otterlo

Autonomous vehicle (AV) technology is rapidly becoming a reality on U.S. roads, offering the promise of improvements in traffic management, safety, and the comfort and efficiency of vehicular travel. With this increasing popularity and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-08-15 Saurabh Jha , Subho S. Banerjee , James Cyriac , Zbigniew T. Kalbarczyk , Ravishankar K. Iyer

Autonomous vehicle (AV) navigation in the presence of Human-driven vehicles (HVs) is challenging, as HVs continuously update their policies in response to AVs. In order to navigate safely in the presence of complex AV-HV social…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-12-11 Rodolfo Valiente , Mahdi Razzaghpour , Behrad Toghi , Ghayoor Shah , Yaser P. Fallah

Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) redefine transportation with sophisticated technology, integrating sensors, cameras, and intricate algorithms. Implementing machine learning in AV perception demands robust hardware accelerators to achieve…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2024-05-02 Ruba Islayem , Fatima Alhosani , Raghad Hashem , Afra Alzaabi , Mahmoud Meribout

Autonomous vehicles have a great potential in the application of both civil and military fields, and have become the focus of research with the rapid development of science and economy. This article proposes a brief review on learning-based…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-07-05 Qi Liu , Xueyuan Li , Shihua Yuan , Zirui Li

The proliferation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems exhibiting complex and seemingly agentive behaviours necessitates a critical philosophical examination of their agency, autonomy, and moral status. In this paper we undertake a…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2026-02-03 Paul Formosa , Inês Hipólito , Thomas Montefiore

In recent years, we have witnessed a marked development and growth in Artificial Intelligence. The growth of the data volume generated by sensors and machines, combined with the information flow resulting from the user actions on the…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-12-03 Martim Veiga , Carlos J. Costa