Trust in Autonomous Systems-iTrust Lab: Future Directions for Analysis of Trust With Autonomous Systems

Abstract

With a renewed interest in the rise of robots and autonomy, in conjunction with the increase in awareness of the technology domain, general citizens have become even more crucial in the field of autonomous systems. Science is pacing toward an Autonomy of Things at a rate faster than society's understanding of autonomous systems. This is causing a backlash against autonomous systems in general. For example, many well-known people have called the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) an existential threat to the human race, while the wave of self-driving cars is facing huge regulatory and ethical obstacles. Industrial robotics had posed a similar kind of threat to job security and human safety in the past. However, benefits from industrial robotics outweighed the problems they imposed, and society has been able to see that. This visibility was made possible by the contributions of many scientists, engineers, and policy makers.