Can A.I. All but End Car Crashes? The Potential Is There.

"In my view, there is too much hype around A.I., road safety and self-driving vehicles -- it is super inflated," said David Ward, president of the Global New Car Assessment Program, a nonprofit based in London. The focus, he said, should be on "the low-hanging fruit, and not on some far-off utopian promise." Advocates like Mr. Ward look to beneficial, low-cost, intermediate technologies that are available now. A prime example is intelligent speed assistance, or I.S.A., which uses A.I. to manage a car's speed via in-vehicle cameras and maps. The technology will be mandatory in all new vehicles in the European Union beginning in July, but has yet to take hold in the United States. Acusensus, based in Australia, is among the companies that employ artificial intelligence to address road safety.