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File Name | S22-Policy-Stoa-08-NEG-SelfDrive.docx |
File Size | 61.83 KB |
Date added | September 13, 2021 |
Category | Policy (Stoa) |
Author | Jonathan T. Helton |
Resolved: The United States federal government substantially reform the use of Artificial Intelligence technology
The AFF case passes the SELF-DRIVE Act in order to standardize autonomous vehicle (AV) regulations. AFF claims the benefits of protecting against cybersecurity threats and creating a solid regulatory environment for AVs to flourish. Your strategy as NEG will be to attack the bill. It has several flaws. The first is its reliance on the NHTSA, an agency with a less-than-perfect track record. Second, the bill does not do enough to regulate the safety of AVs on two fronts: testing and cybersecurity. Most people don’t trust AVs right now and passing the flawed bill in its current form would be undermine future confidence and open America’s roads to unsafe vehicles. A simple hack could create massive amounts of traffic congestion, or worse. If AFF touts the benefits of AVs, there is evidence to rebut them. Your philosophy as NEG is simple: AVs might be good, at some point in the future, but this bill is bad. Revisit this bill once it’s amended, but until then vote NEG.