semi-autonomous car

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From entry semi-autonomous car in glossary Artificial Intelligence: humans at the heart of algorithms

A semi-autonomous car is one that has some level of automatic control, but is not fully under AI control, requiring the driver to have oversight or take over driving in certain circumstances. Compared to a fully autonomous vehicles, the AI for driving a semi-autonomous vehicle may be simpler, for example lane following on major roads. However the AI of a semi-autonomous vehicle must also be able to detect the limits of its own competance and the user interface has to be designed so that the driver can rapidly regain situational awareness during handover.

Used in Chap. 4: pages 57, 59