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Keeping the driver in the loop: the 'other' ethics of automation

Banks, Victoria; Shaw, Emily; Large, David R.

Authors

Victoria Banks

Emily Shaw

DAVID LARGE David.R.Large@nottingham.ac.uk
Senior Research Fellow



Abstract

Automated vehicles are expected torevolutionise everyday travelwith anticipated benefits of improved road safety, comfort and mobility. However, they also raise complex ethical challenges. Ethical debates have primarily centredaround moral judgementsthat must be made by autonomous vehiclesin safety-critical situations,with proposed solutions typically based ondeontological prin-ciples or consequentialism. However, ethicsshould also be acknowledged in the design, development and deployment of partially-automated systems that invari-ably rely upon the human driverto monitor and intervene when required,even though theymay be ill-prepared to do so. In this literature review, we explore the lesser-discussed ethics associated with the roleof, and expectations placed upon, the human driver in partially-automated vehicles,discussing factors such asthe marketing and deployment of thesevehicles,and theimpact upon the human driver’s development of trust and complacency in automated functionality, con-cluding that the human driver must be kept ‘in the loop’ at all times.

Citation

Banks, V., Shaw, E., & Large, D. R. (2018). Keeping the driver in the loop: the 'other' ethics of automation. In Proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomic Association (IEA 2018): Volume VI: Transport Ergonomics and Human Factors (TEHF), Aerospace Human Factors and Ergonomics (70-79). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96074-6

Conference Name 20th Congress International Ergonomics Association
Conference Location Florence, Italy
Start Date Aug 26, 2018
End Date Aug 30, 2018
Acceptance Date Aug 5, 2018
Online Publication Date Aug 5, 2018
Publication Date Aug 5, 2018
Deposit Date Nov 22, 2018
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Publisher Springer Publishing Company
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 6
Pages 70-79
Series Title Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
Series Number 823
Series ISSN 2194-5365
Book Title Proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomic Association (IEA 2018): Volume VI: Transport Ergonomics and Human Factors (TEHF), Aerospace Human Factors and Ergonomics
ISBN 9783319960739
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96074-6
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1216348
Publisher URL https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-96074-6_8

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