A podcast about the automation of everything. Host Jennifer Strong and the team at MIT Technology Review look at what it means to entrust artificial intelligence with our most sensitive decisions.

AI in the Driver’s Seat

September 09, 2020 0:23:04 0.0 MB Downloads: 0

Automated driving is advancing all the time, but there’s still a critical missing ingredient: trust. Host Jennifer Strong meets engineers building a new language of communication between automated vehicles and their human occupants, a crucial missing piece in the push toward a driverless future.


We meet: 

Dr. Richard Corey and Dr. Nicholas Giudice, founders of the VEMI Lab at the University of Maine

Ryan Powell, UX Design & Research at Waymo.

Rashed Haq, VP of Robotics at Cruise


Credits: This episode was reported and produced by Jennifer Strong,Tanya Basu, Emma Cillekens and Tate Ryan-Mosley. We had help from Karen Hao and Benji Rosen. We’re edited by Michael Reilly and Gideon Lichfield.