AI at the Wheel: The Effectiveness of Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems
利用德克萨斯州9年车辆和事故数据，发现高级驾驶辅助系统能将事故风险降低11%至14%，单车辆致命事故风险降低约三分之一，为自动驾驶的实际效益提供了早期证据。
Has automakers’ use of artificial intelligence (AI) in advanced driver-assistance systems (ADASs) improved automobile safety? We address this question with a first-of-its-kind trim-level dataset of the universe of registered automobiles and accidents in Texas over a 9-year period. We find that ADASs reduce the risk of a motorist getting in any type of accident by 11 to 14 percent and reduce the risk of a motorist getting in a single-vehicle fatal accident by roughly one-third. Our finding that ADASs have improved automobile safety is especially important because it provides early evidence of the benefits of vehicle automation in actual travel environments. Hopefully, it will spur greater interest in the development and widespread adoption of fully autonomous vehicles and in the potential benefits of other transportation technologies using AI.