Accession Number:
AD1053503
Title:
Humans, Intelligent Technology, and Their Interface: A Study of Brown's Point
Descriptive Note:
Technical Report
Corporate Author:
NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA MONTEREY United States
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
2017-12-01
Pagination or Media Count:
83.0
Abstract:
The integration of self-driving vehicles introduces a unique and unprecedented human-machine interface that brings promise and peril. Several socially constructed theories try to explain this human intelligent machine interface and predict how the future will look. This thesis offers a counter-narrative called Browns Point that suggests an alternative way of thinking about this relationship. The first Autopilot fatality offers a window into the human considerations needing attention as these intelligent machines, such as self-driving vehicles, combine with humans. How can the human-machine interface be optimized to ensure it offers the most benefit and safety for humanity This thesis investigated the causal variables that led to the first Autopilot fatality by using Joshua Browns interface with the technology before and during the accident. I combined the findings from the accident investigation with various heuristics regarding the human-machine interface, theories from cognitive psychology, and sociological constructs to determine how Brown came to trust a machine he knew was fallible.
Descriptors:
- accident investigations
- cognitive systems engineering
- computer security
- homeland security
- reliability
- thinking
- accidents
- humanities
- mobile phones
- personnel management
- robots
- computer programming
- computers
- control systems
- human machine interface
- smart phones
- unmanned vehicles
- psychology
- artificial intelligence
- autonomous vehicles
Subject Categories:
- Navigation and Guidance
- Surface Transportation and Equipment