An Action Ethics Framework Based on the "Visual Perception" of Autonomous Driving
As autonomous driving technology advances,self-driving vehicles inevitably encounter"road ethics"challenges in three aspects:action responsibility,action decision-making,and action consequences.Based on the real-time response of artificial intelligence's"perception-decision-execution"integration,autonomous driving follows an action logic of"visual perception is action".This encompasses three ethical expansions:(1)from"artificial intelligence actor"to"artificial moral actor"in visual algorithms;(2)from"technological agency"to"moral agency";and(3)from"technological normativity"to"moral normativity".These three ethical expansions correspond to enabling autonomous driving actions to"perceive responsibility","perceive decisions",and"perceive consequences".The action ethics framework based on"visual perception"is not merely"road ethics"in the general sense,but rather anexploration of how"technological regulation can be transformed into moral regulation".To this end,a"vision"must be formed:while remaining vigilant about artificial intelligence,we must prepare for the widespread integration of self-driving vehicles into human life.The"visual perception"of autonomous driving can only allow"responsibility"to return to the autonomous driving action itself when the road really"exists".
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