How to impede the external manipulation of autonomous cars?

Issue title: Soft Computing Applications

Guest editors: Valentina Emilia Balas

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Kiss, Gabor^{; *}

Affiliations: Faculty of Economics and Informatics, J. Selye University, Komárno, Slovakia

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author. Gabor Kiss, Faculty of Economics and Informatics, J. Selye University, Hradná str. 167/21., P.O. BOX 54. 945 01, Komárno, Slovakia. E-mail: kissga@ujs.sk.

Abstract: News concerning autonomous cars are becoming more and more common today. There are recordings of vehicles in self-driving mode having an accident as well as footages in which they operate properly, in an errorless way. What can cause this fundamental difference? Either a software problem or the inaccuracy of the data emitted by the sensors or an incorrect decision issued by the central unit. This article is going to show the various ways in which the decisions of the central unit can be influenced and so the passengers and the environment of the vehicle can be endangered. The aim is not to affect the trade of the autonomous cars in a negative way but, on the contrary, to attract the attention of the manufacturers to make them get prepared for and protect their cars against these dangers. At the end of the article there are going to be some suggestions made on how to install a module that can recognize external manipulations in self-driving cars to make their operation more secure.

Keywords: Self-driving, autonomous, external manipulation, influenced decision making, confuse the artificial intelligence

DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-219277

Journal: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 43, no. 2, pp. 1761-1769, 2022