In my last blog post, one thing that I didn’t mention but that I did talk about in class is the idea of AI making moral decisions. Previously I did talk about this when I first talked about my chosen tech, when I brought up the classic Trolley problem. Although artificial intelligence is advancing everyday, there are still many concerns that have to be considered when allowing AI driven cars to go out into the world. One major concern that significantly affected Tesla was the incident with the hackers back in 2016. This is when everyone realized that even though the car has some significantly advanced and futuristic technology, it was still vulnerable in many aspects.
“A human driver cannot be hacked by computers, this never would have happened if we just had human drivers!” In 2016, a group of Chinese hackers figured out a way to make the Tesla Model S turn into traffic and to take full control over the car’s brake system. This exposed to the public that the car had many vulnerabilities and people’s worst fears became realities. Tesla took measures to not only protect against this particular issue but to implement a more intricate security feature that would make hackers less likely to succeed. However, after this 2016 incident, not so long after, hackers proved that they were still able to hack the cars. This makes all Tesla consumers vulnerable to hackers.
One of the keywords that my group identified when looking at the Tesla was socioeconomic discrimination. When I was looking into Tesla and how they view diversity, I was glad to see that diversity is one of their core values. They have an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action program to include people of as many backgrounds as possible. This of course is something I found on Tesla’s Website. In the past couple years, many different employees or ex-employees, however, have come out about workplace discrimination. Many women have come out saying that even though Tesla claims to be an accepting, diverse employer, it most definitely does not feel that way once you’re working there. Many women have had to face sexist remarks from their superiors and even their equals in the workplace. Many black workers have also spoken out about the racism and discrimination they have had to face. Many have had to endure being called racial slurs, being talked down to and even being blocked from promotions in the worst ways.
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