Traversing the ‘Autonomous Trust Gap’

During a recent conference hosted by semiconductor maker NXP in Silicon Valley, I had the honor of moderating a panel titled, “The Autonomous Trust Gap.” The timing was fortuitous in the wake of several recent road incidents involving partially automated vehicles that had been developed by companies based in the region. While the panel didn't include any of the incumbent automakers, it did feature executives from EV startup Byton, software companies Renovo and Cloudera, and chipmakers NXP and Nvidia.

The entry of the SilV tech community into the automated driving space over the past few years has been a somewhat worrying development. Not so much because of what they could do to the incumbent industry-after all, every business sector must eventually evolve or die. My personal concerns have been more related to the tech mindset that has developed over the past two decades: Move fast and break things-and don't be too concerned that you're shipping minimally viable products.