[Year 12 IT Apps] Data security

[ken price]

http://www.popsci.com.au/tech/cars/googles-driverless-cars-are-learning-how-to-avoid-cows,402480

A patent has been filed by Google for an algorithm that lets their
self-driving car avoid getting stuck behind cows (and other obstructions).

Full patent info at
http://pdfpiw.uspto.gov/.piw?PageNum=0&docid=08996224&IDKey=A7E86AF0B33B&HomeUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fpatft.uspto.gov%2Fnetacgi%2Fnph-Parser%3FSect1%3DPTO2


Ken Price, Tasmania

On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 3:51 PM, Mark <mark at vceit.com> wrote:

> The ethics of robot vehicle design is a fascinating future necessity.
>
> Consider the ethical decisions that future cars must eventually make, e.g.
>
> -
> http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/10/the-ethics-of-autonomous-cars/280360/
>
> -
> http://theconversation.com/should-your-robot-driver-kill-you-to-save-a-childs-life-29926
>
> -
> http://www.wired.com/2014/05/the-robot-car-of-tomorrow-might-just-be-programmed-to-hit-you/
>
> But if I had to choose between an autocar and my brother in his Ford
> Fiesta... I'd choose to opt for the odds of Googledeath every time.
>
>
> On 16 April 2015 at 15:25, Roland Gesthuizen <rgesthuizen at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> It is an interesting risk problem .. do we fear the Hacker who hijacked a
>> plane or the rogue pilot?
>>
>> I have more faith in planes than pilots .. they clearly know when the
>> ground or buildings are in proximity. It annoys the hell of out me that
>> reversing systems allow users to hit something when clearly, all the car
>> needs is to gently tap the brake. What stops a plan giving a gentle tap.
>> Many cars now take over your vehicle braking with a dedicated system when
>> you do something stupid and lock up the brakes. Nobody is suggesting that
>> we should not have this feature in case a car is hijacked, rather that at a
>> primitive programming level the car acts to protect itself and your life.
>> It’s a tap on the steering wheel that saves lives.
>>
>> I have faith that if we can program in the laws of robotics (salute to
>> Isaac Asimov http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Laws_of_Robotics), the
>> vehicle will not allow the people or itself come into harm from a malicious
>> instruction. So if they get a command or software instruction that it knows
>> will lead to certain destruction or death, it will trip over to a safety
>> and alert status.
>>
>> “So you want to fly the plan into a mountain, forget it chum, Im flying
>> over it and alerting the authorities.”
>>
>> “So we are running low on fuel and the nearest airport I can land in is
>> behind us? Forget it chum, I’m turning this plane around and alerting the
>> authorities.”
>>
>> “So this software routine wants me to open the doors mid-flight? Forget
>> it chum, I’m sounding an alert for pilot, authorities and aborting the
>> command until you all say pretty-please."
>>
>> It isn’t as if a plane refuses to take off because it is lacking scented
>> napkins (salute to Douglas Adams) rather that thy are programmed to do
>> sensible and nice things because we managed to think through these options
>> in advance.
>>
>> We could suggest Roboethics for a 2020 study design :-)
>>
>> —
>>
>> *Roland GESTHUIZEN*http://about.me/rgesthuizen
>>
>> On 16 Apr 2015, at 2:35 pm, Mark <mark at vceit.com> wrote:
>>
>> Ho hum. This may be my last news post for a while.
>> People don't seem interested in them, and I have so many other cats to
>> kick.
>>
>> *Hackers Could Commandeer New Planes Through Passenger Wi-Fi*
>> *Boeing 787 Dreamliner jets, as well as Airbus A350 and A380 aircraft,
>> have Wi-Fi passenger networks that use the same network as the avionics
>> systems of the planes, raising the possibility that a hacker could hijack
>> the navigation system or commandeer the plane through the in-plane network,
>> according to the US Government Accountability Office, which released a
>> report about the planes today...*
>>
>> www.wired.com/2015/04/hackers-commandeer-new-planes-passenger-wi-fi/
>>
>> Or, like, whatever...
>>
>> --
>> A nerd is someone whose life revolves around computers and technology for
>> fun.
>> A geek is someone whose life revolves around computers and technology for
>> money.
>>
>> Mark Kelly
>> mark AT vceit DOT com
>> http://vceit.com
>>
>>
>>
>
> --
>
> >> Witty sig goes HERE <<
>
> Mark Kelly
> mark AT vceit DOT com
> http://vceit.com
>
>
>
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Dr Ken Price MACS CP ACCE Professional Associate.
President, TASITE http://www.tasite.tas.edu.au
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