“I have always thought the driving pleasure is a valuable human asset we have to perpetuate,” said Nissan’s senior innovation researcher, Lucian Gheorghe. If the car is autonomous or semi-autonomous, Gheorghe says, AI could “change the driving configuration or driving style”. The B2V system interprets brain activities to assist with driving. For example, it helps speed up reactions and facilitates systems that maximise driving pleasure. “When most people think about autonomous driving,” said Nissan executive VP Daniele Schillaci, “they have a very impersonal vision of the future, where humans relinquish control to the machines.

Source: The Nation Bangkok January 15, 2018 15:56 UTC