Adversarial Machine Learning: A Blow to the Transportation Sharing Economy

Steven Van Uytsel () and Danilo Vasconcellos Vargas
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Steven Van Uytsel: Kyushu University
Danilo Vasconcellos Vargas: Kyushu University

A chapter in Legal Tech and the New Sharing Economy, 2020, pp 211-240 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Adversarial machine learningAdversarial machine learning has indicated that perturbations to a picture may disable a deep neural networkDeep neural network from correctly qualifying the content of a picture. The progressing research has even revealed that the perturbations do not necessarily have to be large in size. This research has been transplanted to traffic signs. The test results were disastrous. For example, a perturbated stop sign was recognized as a speeding sign. Because visualization technology is not able to overcome this problem yet, the question arises who should be liable for accidents caused by this technology. Manufacturers are being pointed at and for that reason it has been claimed that the commercialization of autonomous vehicles may stall. Without autonomous vehicles, the sharing economySharing economies may not fully develop either. This chapter shows that there are alternatives for the unpredictable financial burden on the car manufacturers for accidents with autonomous cars. This chapter refers to operator liabilityOperator liability, but argues that for reasons of fairness, this is not a viable choice. A more viable choice is a no-fault liabilityNo-fault liability on the manufacturer, as this kind of scheme forces the car manufacturer to be careful but keeps the financial risk predicable. Another option is to be found outside law. Engineers could build infrastructure enabling automationAutomation. Such infrastructure may overcome the problems of the visualization technology, but could potentially create a complex web of product and service providers. Legislators should prevent that the victims of an accident, if it were still to occur, would face years in court with the various actors of this complex web in order to receive compensation.

Keywords: Adversarial machine learning; Deep neural network; Product liability law; Operator liability; No-fault liability; Infrastructure enabled automation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-1350-3_11

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