Experimental autonomous cars are increasingly found on the nation’s roads and highways. Deborah G. Johnson, an expert on the ethics of computer science and technology, discussed the issues that such development gives rise to, in her presentation at Montana State University’s annual Hausser Lecture.

Johnson addresses the question, “How should we think about safety and standards for autonomous cars?” She has written that “Answering this question is not just a matter of developing physical components that operate reliably”. “Achieving safety in autonomous cars will require reliable machines as well as reliable social behavior, practices and arrangements.”

Recorded at the Museum of the Rockies on October 1, 2019.