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AI needs oversight – time to set standards for autonomous tech

By Paul Marks

21 July 2016

A woman sits in the driver's seat of her Tesla car, driving down a road without her hands on the steering wheel

Autonomous autos could cause controversy

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A car crashes while on autopilot and the driver dies. A hefty security .

Autonomous systems and machines that make their own decisions are here. And more are on the way, such as airborne and ground-based . But the way they learn about the world and decide to act is complex and opaque and it is . There are, as yet, set for this.…

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