Tonight | AI Confidential with Hannah Fry on SBS 2: who is to blame when a driverless car kills? – AI Confidential with Hannah Fry turns to self-driving cars tonight, investigating two fatal crashes involving autonomous vehicles. Death by Driverless Car airs at 8.30pm on SBS 2.
Across the three-part series, Professor Hannah Fry investigates the extraordinary and sometimes disturbing consequences of the AI revolution. She meets the people at the centre of each case to understand how the technology is changing lives.
The central question tonight is simple to ask but hard to answer. Who is responsible when AI makes a life-or-death decision?
The Uber crash in Arizona
In 2018, a driverless Uber car struck and killed a pedestrian in Arizona. The death prompted an investigation into the human operator, the technology and the company behind it.
Fry speaks with the operator and with investigators. She also interviews an Uber whistleblower.
A Tesla Autopilot case in Florida
Fry also examines a fatal Tesla Autopilot crash in Florida. In that case, the surviving passenger pursued legal action over shared responsibility between the driver and the system.
Together, the two cases expose the legal and ethical challenges facing autonomous vehicles. They also raise questions about what these crashes mean for the future of the technology.
AI Confidential with Hannah Fry airs Sunday 1 November at 8.30pm on SBS 2 and streams free on SBS On Demand.
Read more in TV Central’s episode one highlight. Watch on SBS On Demand.
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