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Ethics and Drone A.I.

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“We need to now validate that a certain set of communications, navigation and surveillance requirements when met, meet the safety case for a detect and avoid solution.”

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This Week’s Key Question

“Do Autonomous Drones pose ethical questions?”

This Week’s Guest

Jenn Player is Director of Regulatory Affairs at Skydio, the leading American drone manufacturer and world leader in autonomous flight. The company leverages breakthrough AI to create the world’s most intelligent flying machines for use by consumers, enterprises, and government customers. Founded in 2014, Skydio is made up of leading experts in AI, robotics, cameras, and electric vehicles from top companies, research labs, and universities from around the world. Skydio designs, assembles, and supports its products in the U.S. to offer the highest standards of supply chain and manufacturing security. 

At Skydio, Jenn collaborates with customers, regulators, and standards development organizations to unlock safe and effective autonomous and docked drone operations.  Before joining Skydio, Jenn spearheaded an industry-leading regulatory program under the FAA’s Pathfinder Program, capturing a number of breakthrough BVLOS approvals. She has also played a key role supporting other leading industry programs in infrastructure inspection and package delivery.  Autonomous drones offer great promise, but there are also considerations.  In many cases it boils down to how innovative decision-making and learning capability should be vested to an autonomous vehicle and for what purpose?  

What We Learn

Jenn talks about Skydio and the need to consider ethical implications of using autonomous unmanned systems.  

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