Big Tech's 100bn € Delusion with Self-Driving Cars

Explore a critical examination of the autonomous vehicle industry's inflated claims and the challenges facing self-driving car technology in this 54-minute conference talk. Delve into the estimated 100 billion euro investment in the "Technology Mobility Complex" and analyze why projected launch dates for autonomous vehicle projects are consistently pushed back. Investigate the intractable paradoxes between ethical and technological goals, centralized and decentralized systems, and data availability versus privacy concerns. Examine leading research that highlights the deeply interconnected ethical and technical challenges, including unresolved ethical dilemmas like the trolley problem. Consider the implications of autonomous vehicles as data collection and surveillance devices, and their potential to violate privacy on an unprecedented scale. Evaluate how the focus on self-driving cars may distract from more urgent mobility challenges and contribute to ecological concerns. Gain insights from speakers Alistair Alexander and Auris-E. Lipinski as they discuss the complexities and potential consequences of the autonomous vehicle industry's pursuit of fully autonomous mobility.