>> Ted: COMING UP NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON, WE'LL SPEAK WITH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABOUT THE RECORD-SETTING HEAT AND MISSING MONSOON.

ALSO TONIGHT, THERE'S A NEW EARTH TO GET RID OF PARTISAN PRIMARY ELECTIONS.

A LOOK INTO THE RESEARCH OF THE SAFETY OF SELF--DRIVING CARS.

THAT'S NEXT ON "ARIZONA HORIZONS."

WELCOME TO ARIZONA HORIZON.

I'M TED SIMONS.

THE STREAK OF RECORD TEMPERATURES CONTINUES IN THE PHOENIX AREA.

93° IS A BIT OF A DROPOFF AND IT MARKS THE 11th STRAIGHT DAY WITH LOW TEMPERATURES AT OR ABOVE 90°.

AS FOR DAILY HIGH, WE WERE OVER 110 AND THAT MAKES 21 STRAIGHT DAYS OVER 110 AND THE FORECAST CALLS FOR MORE OF THE SAME THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

>> A FEDERAL JUDGE REJECTED A REQUEST TO VACATE JASON JAKE ANGELI AND PLEADED GUILT YO ON THE ATTACK OF THE U.S. CAPITAL.

ANGELI WANTED IT THROW OUT THROWING HIM BAR CHESTED WEARING A FURRY HELMET WITH HORNS INTERACTING PEACEFULLY WITH CAPITOL SECURITY.

IT WAS AIRED AS FOX NETWORK OF PROOF ANGELI WAS NOT A THREAT.

THE JUDGE DIDN'T BUY IT AND HE DESCRIBED THE VIDEO AS CHERRY-PICKED BY FOX.

JUDGE EXPRESSED DISAPPOINTMENT THAT ANGELI NO LONGER SHOWED THE REMORSE HE DISPLAYED DURING THE ORIGINAL SENTENCING.

>>> AS WE MENTIONED, ARIZONA IN GENERAL AND THE PHOENIX METRO AREA IN POSITION ARE IN THE MIDST OF A HISTORIC HEATWAVE AND EVERY DAY BRINGS A NEW RECORD FOR TEMPERATURES THAT ARE WELL LOVE NORMAL.

AS FOR THE MONSOON, WE'VE HAD NEXT TO NOTHING IS FAR IN THE WAY OF SEASONAL STORMS.

JOINING US NOW IS TOM FREEDERS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND 110, 21 STRAIGHT DAYS AND THE NIGHTS AREN'T COOLING OFF AND WHAT'S GOING ON?

>> THAT'S THE SERIOUSNESS OF THIS HEATWAVE.

WE LIVE IN A HEIGHT HOT CLIMATE AND THE UNRELENTING HEAT OF DAYTIME HIGHS OF 110 AND LARGE HEAT, HIGH PRESSURE DOME THAT'S OVER THE SOUTHWEST U.S.

EXTENDING FROM CALIFORNIA, NEVADA INTO TEXAS AND RECORDS ARE BROKEN ALL ACROSS THAT REGION.

>> Ted: WHAT IS A HEAT DOME AND WHY IS THIS PARTICULAR HEAT DOME NOT MOVING?

>> JUST THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH PRESSURE, A LOFT THAT COMPRESSES THE AIR AND DOESN'T ALLOW CLOUDS TO FORM AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE NOT SEEING THE MONSOON STORMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND THAT COMPREHENSIONAL HEATING KEEPS THE TEMPERATURES GOING UP.

IT'S BEEN AN UNUSUAL HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM EVEN FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.

I MEAN, WE ALWAYS SEE THE HEAT AND IT'S JUST STRONGER THAN USUAL AND THAT'S PRODUCING THESE RECORDS.

>> Ted: I WOULD THINK ESPECIALLY THIS TIME OF YEAR BECAUSE HAVING LIVED HERE QUITE AWHILE, THIS IS WHAT YOU SEE IN LATE JUNE AND THE LONGEST DAY OF THE YEAR IS FOLLOWED, IT SEEMS, BY CRAZY TEMPERATURES AND THE MONSOON TO COOL IT OFF.

THIS IS LATE IN JULY FOR THIS KIND OF STUFF.

>> LAST YEAR, WE WERE SEEING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN IN LATE JUNE.

WE HAD A PATTERN TO SET UP AS THE DOME SHIFTS TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST ALLOWING MOISTURE TO COME UP AND RIGHT NOW, IT'S HOLDING TIGHT AND LIMITING THE THUNDERSTORMS.

>> Ted: DO WE KNOW WHY THE CLOUDS AND MEXICO, THE STORMS AREN'T GETTING UP HERE?

>> IT'S A STAGNANT PATTERN AND WE'LL SEE THAT BREAKDOWN AND START TO SEE THAT SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND IT'S GOING TO BE SLOW AND HOPEFULLY, IN THE COMING WEEKS WE'LL SEE THAT.

>> Ted: THE MONSOON WILL ARRIVE, CORRECT?

IS IT POSSIBLE THE THING DOESN'T GET HERE?

THERE ARE SEASONS AND THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS LIMITED AND DEPENDS ON HOW WE CAN SET THAT UP FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME.

LAST YEAR IT WAS CONTINUOUS AND THIS YEAR, WE MAY GET THUNDERSTORMS FOR AWHILE AND MAY DRY OUT, HEAT UP AND THEN ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS AND IT'S DELAYED.

>> Ted: IF IT'S DELAYED IN THE PAST, HISTORICALLY, EVEN THROUGH FORECASTING MODELS, DOES THAT MEAN THE MONSOON WILL LAST LONGER INTO SEPTEMBER?

>> NOT NECESSARILY BECAUSE USUALLY, OUR MONSOON SEASON DOES LAST THROUGH SEPTEMBER AND ONCE YOU GET LATER IN THAT TIME FRAME, INTO OCTOBER, YOU START TO SEE THE WIND PATTERNS SHIFT AND SYSTEMS COMING IN OFF OF THE WEST COAST.

THAT ALMOST LIKE CLOCK-WORK SHUTS THINGS OFF.

>> Ted: IF THE CLOCK IS SLOW ON THE FRONT-END, SHOULD BE OK BY THE BACK-END?

>> USUALLY.

>> Ted: LET'S TALK ABOUT THE OVERNIGHT LOWS, IF YOU CAN CALL THEM LOWS AND WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT?

>> THAT TAKES A SERIOUS TOLL ON THE BODY WHEN THE PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO COOLING, THOSE UNRELENDING UNRELENTING LOW TEMPERATURES AND THAT BECOMES SERIOUS IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS AND IN THE URBAN AREA.

LIKE PHOENIX, THE HEAT IS TRAPPED IN THE URBAN AREAS AND THE CONCRETE ASPHALT TRAPPING THE HEAT OVERNIGHT AND THAT DOESN'T ALLOW IT TO RADIATE INTO THE ATMOSPHERE.

>> Ted: THE URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECT AND THAT'S A REAL THING, ISN'T IT?

>> YOU'RE SEEING WARMER TEMPERATURES AND EVEN IN THE LATEST STRETCH OF 90 PLUS LOWS.

IN THE RURAL OUTLYING AREAS, LOWS IN THE 80'S AND IN THE HEART OF PHOENIX THAT THOSE TEMPERATURES JUST ARE NOT GETTING BELOW 90.

>> Ted: IT'S IRONIC THAT YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE DESERT TO COOL OFF AT NIGHT.

[ Laughter ] >> I GUESS THAT'S THE CASE WITH A BIG URBANIZED AREA LIKE PHOENIX.

>> Ted: ARE WE HITTING 119 AND 118 FOR DAYS ON END AND IS THAT BECAUSE OF THE OVERNIGHT LOWS?

DO THEY HAVE A FACTOR TO IMPACT?

>> CERTAINLY DO.

YOU'RE MAINTAINING THE HEAT OVERNIGHT AND STARTING OUT A WARMER LEVEL IN THE MORNING AND ONCE THAT SUN COMES UP, YOU'RE HEATING UP WELL ABOVE 100 AND IT GETS HOT FAST.

>> Ted: LET'S TALK ABOUT EL NINO AND HOW DOES THAT FACTOR INTO ALL OF THIS?

>> THAT WILL BE NOT MUCH OF A FACTOR RIGHT NOW.

THAT WILL BE MORE OF A TOOK ONCE WE GET INTO THE WINTER MONTHS AND OVERALL, IT TRIES TO BE A MORE ACTIVE PATTERN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER WITH PARTICIPATION AND A SLIGHT TREND IN THE WAY OF PROBABILITIES OF ABOVE NORMAL PARTICIPATION FOR THE WINTER, BUT IT'S MORE PRONOUNCED THIS AREAS ALONG THE WEST COAST MORE THAN IT IS ACROSS ARIZONA.

>> Ted: IF THERE'S AN EL NINO THIS TIME AROUND, AN EL NINO IN SMALLER CASE LETTERS?

>> YEAH.

>> Ted: I'M WORRIED WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW WILL AFFECT THINGS DOWN THE ROAD.

WILL THAT PUSH EL NINO BACK OR DRAW EL NINO HERE OR DOES IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN.

>> THE OVERALL TREND, YOU KNOW, NOT A LOT OF CERTAINTY WITH THAT, THAT WE'LL SEE A WET CONTINUEWINTER.

WE COULD USE THAT FOR WATER SUPPLIES AND NOT A CERTAINTY.

>> Ted: LET'S TALK ABOUT CHANGE IN GENERAL AND HOW MUCH OF A FACTOR IS THAT?

>> WE'VE SEEN WARMER TEMPERATURES AND OVERNIGHT LOWS ARE THE BIG THINGS AND THOSE OVERNIGHT LOWS ARE THE BIGGEST GAIN AND THAT URBANIZED EFFECT IN PHOENIX.

PLAYS A ROLE ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY ANTICIPATE MORE EXTREME WEATHER AND WITH THE SOUTHWEST U.S., THAT MEANS HEAT AND THAT COULD REACH FURTHER -- START EARLIER IN THE SEASON AND END LATER AND MORE HEAT.

>> Ted: FROM A METEOROLOGY PERSPECTIVE -- WE DON'T WANT TO GET TOO POLITICAL, BUT IT'S HAPPENING AND YOU CAN'T DENY IT.

>> YOU'RE SEEING AN UPTICK.

FOR OUR AREA, AN UPTICK IN TEMPERATURES.

>> Ted: THE OVERNIGHT LOWS, NOT MUCH RESPITE HERE.

>> THEY'RE HERE TO STAY AND WE CAN HOPE FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THOSE COOLER RAINS AND MORE ACTIVE PATTERNS AND THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO HELP US EVENTUALLY COOL DOWN.

>> Ted: AS FAR AS CLIMATE CHANGE IN GENERAL, IS THIS NOW FACTORED INTO THE FORECASTS FOR THE FUTURE?

IS THIS A PART OF LIFE HERE?

>> YEAH, IT REALLY IS.

YOU'LL HAVE TO DEAL WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES, DECADE TO DECADE AND ALSO, AGAIN THE EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS AND IT MAY BE A LONGER PERIOD OF HOT WEATHER STARTING EARLIER AND ENDING LATER.

>> Ted: LAST POINT, THE MONSOON IS IT'S OWN CREATURE AND COMES AND GOES AS IT CHOOSES WITHOUT BEING AFFECTED TEMPERATURE-WISE IN GENERAL?

>> THAT'S MORE OF A SHORT-TERM PRODUCT OF HOW THE PATTERN IS AND SO, THAT'S NOT -- YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO RELATE THAT AS MUCH TO CHANGE.

THE ONLY THING TO RESULT IS AGAIN MORE EXTREME CONDITIONS WHICH COULD MEAN HEAVIER RAINFALL, TOO, IN SOME OF THE STORMS WE PRODUCE.

>> Ted: HEAVIER RAINFALL IN ONE AREA AND NOTHING IN ANOTHER AND NO MONSOON AND THE OTHER SAYS MAKE IT STOP.

>> GOOD CONVERSATION AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> Ted: UP NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON, A NEW INITIATIVE PARTISAN PRIMARIES AND ELECTIONS IN ARIZONA.

ELIMINATING PARTISAN PRIMARY ELECTION TO IMPROVE VOTING REPRESENTATION BY REPLACING THE CURRENT PARTISAN SYSTEM IN WHICH 85% OF CONGRESSIONAL RACES ARE NONCOMPETITIVE.

FOR MORE, WE WELCOME ADVERTISING CONSECUTIVE BEAU LANE, A LEADER IN THIS INITIATIVE CAMPAIGN AND HOW ARE YOU INVOLVED?

>> GOOD TO SEE YOU.

>> Ted: NICE TO SEE YOU.

>> I WAS HERE LAST WHEN I WAS RUNNING FOR OFFICE.

>> Ted: WE HAD A STORIED DEBATE.

YOU'RE INVOLVED IN THIS NOW AND HOW SO?

>> I'M ON THE BOARD OF A GROUP CALLED "SAVE DEMOCRACY."

AND IT'S BUSINESS PEOPLE AND COMMUNITY LEADERS FROM ALL OVER THE STATE WHO ARE LOOKING TO HAVE ELECTIONS BEING CONDUCTED IN A MORE FAIR MANNER AND SPECIFICALLY IN THE PRIMARY.

ELECTION.

>> Ted: WE VONINITIATIVE HAVE AN INITIATIVE ELECTION TO GET RID OF THE PRIMARY ELECTIONS.

>> THIS IS AN INITIATIVE TO REQUIRE SIGNATURES ON THE BALLOT AND BECAUSE IT'S A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT, WE'LL NEED 350,000 SIGNATURES WHICH MEANS QUITE A FEW MORE THAN THAT TO MAKE SURE YOU QUALIFY AND SO WE'RE GOING TO SEEK TO GET ABOUT 500,000 SIGNATURES, WHICH WILL BE QUITE AN UNDERTAKING AND WE BELIEVE WE CAN DO IT.

>> Ted: TO DEEP SIX THESE PARTISAN PRIMARY ELECTIONS, HUH?

>> IT CREATES OPEN PRIMARIES AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE DETAILS OF THAT.

>> Ted: GET RID OF THE PARTISAN PRIMARIES AND YOU HAVE ONE BIG PRIMARY ELECTION?

>> YOU DON'T GET RID OF PARTIES AND THERE ARE FOUR, I THINK, FOUR RECOGNIZED PARTIES IN ARIZONA AND MAYBE A FIFTH WITH THE NEW LABELS AND WHAT IT DOES ALLOW IS FOR EVERYBODY TO HAVE THE SAME PLAYING FIELD TO GET ONTO THE BALLOT.

RIGHT NOW, IT REQUIRES AN INDEPENDENT ABOUT SIX TIMES MORE SIGNATURES ON A PETITION TO EVEN QUALIFY FOR THE BALLOT.

AND WE'RE IN A SITUATION IN ARIZONA NOW WHERE THE PLURALITY OF VOTERS ARE INDEPENDENTS.

INDEPENDENTS ARE GROWING AND BOTH PARTIES, REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC PARTIES ARE LOSING MEMBERS.

>> Ted: FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THE INITIATIVE CALLS FOR THE GOVERNOR AND LEGISLATURE TO SET SOMETHING UP THAT ALLOW FOR WHAT?

IT'S NOT RUNNING CHOICE VOTING?

>> THIS IS JUST SPECIFIC TO OPEN PRIMARIES TO WHERE EVERYBODY APPEARS ON THE SAME BALLOT WITH THE SAME QUALIFICATIONS AND EVERYONE RECEIVES THE BALLOT.

SO ALL INDEPENDENTS WILL RECEIVE BALLOTS IN THE PRIMARY NOW.

RIGHT NOW, IT'S DIFFICULT FOR THE INDEPENDENTS TO ACCESS A BALLOT.

THEY HAVE TO REQUEST ONE AND VERY FEW DO THAT AND HISTORICALLY LESS THAN 10% OF INDEPENDENTS VOTE IN THE PRIMARIES AND THAT JUST DOES NOT SEEM REPRESENTATIVE OF THE POPULATION NOW THAT THEY ARE THE LARGEST CONTENT CONTINGENTS OF VOTERS.

>> Ted: IF YOU ARE AN INDEPENDENT, YOU HAVE TO PICK ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER AND YOU'RE STUCK.

>> THAT CHOICE IS AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE, REPUBLICANS, DEMOCRATS, INDEPENDENTS AND OTHER PARTY MEMBERS.

WITH ONE BALLOT, YOU CAN CHOOSE A REPUBLICAN FOR ONE POSITION AND A DEMOCRAT FOR ANOTHER POSITION OR A GREEN PARTY.

>> Ted: IT'S A GENERAL OPEN PRIMARY AND DO YOU TAKE THE TOP TWO OR DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO GET 50% PLUS AND WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE VOTE?

>> RIGHT NOW, THE SYSTEM IS SET UP FOR TOP TWO AND THIS INITIATIVE WILL ALLOW THE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR AND SECRETARY OF STATE TO DECIDE HOW THAT WOULD HAPPEN IN A GENERAL ELECTION, BUT THAT'S REALLY -- WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE CAN HAVE OPEN PRIMARIES WHICH WE BELIEVE WILL EMPOWER INDEPENDENTS TO ABLE TO HAVE A VOICE.

>> Ted: THE OPEN PRIMARY IS THE EMPHASIS HERE AND GOVERNOR AND LEGISLATURE, THEY GET TO FIGURE OUT THE WHATNOTS ONCE THIS PASSES.

>> RIGHT.

>> Ted: AND IT MAKES SENSE BECAUSE MUNICIPALITIES RUN OFF OF THAT.

>> RIGHT.

>> Ted: WHY IS THIS IS A GOOD IDEA?

THERE ARE CRITICS OUT THERE AND USUALLY THEY ARE PARTISAN DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS AND THEY DON'T LIKE THIS ALL THAT MUCH.

>> IT'S ABOUT FAIRNESS AND A BASIC PRINCIPAL OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY THERE SHOULD BE A FAIR PLAYING FIELD.

NO REASON WHY THERE SHOULD BE A REQUIRE FOR INDEPENDENTS TO GET MORE SIGNATURES TO BE ON A BALLOT AND THERE'S NO REASON WHY INDEPENDENTS SHOULDN'T HAVE A VOICE IN THE PRIMARY SYSTEM WHICH, AS YOU POINTED OUT, THE WAY IT IS NOW, 85% OF RACES ARE DECIDED IN THE PRIMARY.

>> Ted: I'VE HEARD SUPPORT FOR THIS IDEA, THAT IT WILL GET MORE MODERATE VOICES IN THERE, EXCEPT FOR THE EXTREME LEVELS ON THE PARTISAN SIDE AND CRITICISM IN THAT, YES, IT FAVORS MODERATES AND FAVORS MODERATES UNFAIRLY.

HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO THAT?

>> I THINK IT FAVORS GOOD DEBATE AND THE BEST IDEAS RISE TO THE TOP AND WHEN AND THE CANDIDATES CAN PERSUADE THE ELECTORATE THEY CAN REPRESENT THEM WELL AND GET ELECTED.

THAT'S WHAT IT FAVORS.

IT DOESN'T FAVOR ONE PARTY OVER THE OTHER.

THIS IS NOT ANTIPARTY AT ALL.

>> Ted: SOME WOULD SAY THIS RARELY PUTS THE THUMB ON THAT IDEA.

>> IT'S UP TO THE PEOPLE TO DECIDE THAT.

>> Ted: AS FAR AS ANOTHER CRITICISM, THESE ARE PARTIES AND GROUPS AND CHOOSE HOW THEY WANT AND WOULD YOU AGREE TO THAT EXCEPT FOR THE FACT IT'S TAXPAYER SUPPORTED AND INDEPENDENTS?

>> NOT FAIR FOR TAXPAYERS TO BE PAYING FOR PRIMARIES AND THE PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS, NOT GOVERNMENT SPONSORED AND THAT'S THE ESSENCE OF IT.

WHY SHOULD EVERYONE BE PAYING FOR THAT ACTIVITY.

AND THE PARTIES CAN CERTAINLY ENDORSE WHATEVER CANDIDATE THEY WANT TO.

>> THAT'S TRUE.

>> Ted: THE GOAL IS TO GET ON THE 2024 BALLOT?

>> YES, ONCE WE GET THE SIGNATURES AND GET IT ON THE BALLOT.

>> Ted: IT LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE ON THE SAME BALLOT IF IT MAKES IT AND THAT WOULD ENSHRINE PARTISAN PRIMARIES AS THEY ARE RIGHT NOW.

>> IT MAKES A CLEAR CHOICE.

DO YOU WANT TO ENSHRINE THAT OR PUT NEGLECT ON FLEXIBILITY ON THE SYSTEM?

AND WHICHEVER THE INITIATIVES AND ONE IS AN INITIATIVE AND WHICHEVER RECEIVES THE MOST VOTES ARE THE PREVAILING.

>> Ted: PETITION GATHERING, WHEN DOES THIS START OR HAS IT STARTED?

>> FILING THE INITIATIVES PROBABLY SOMETIME IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO AND WE'LL BEGIN COLLECTING SIGNATURES AND WE HAVE UNTIL JUNE OF '24 TO COLLECT THE SIGNATURES AND WE'RE WELL IN THE PLANNING FOR ALL OF THAT.

>> Ted: WHAT HAPPENED TO THE RANKED CHOICE VOTING.

>> THERE WAS A GROUP LOOKING AT THAT AND THEY DETERMINED THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE LEFT UP TO THE LEGISLATURE TO DECIDE AND THAT, YOU KNOW, IF PEOPLE WANTED THAT TO HAPPEN, THEY WOULD DO THAT THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS.

>> Ted: ONCE THIS GETS PASSED?

>> YES.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE THIS TO BE A PROCESS.

>> Ted: BEAU LANE, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

TAKE CARE.

>> Ted: ARIZONA HAS BECOME A HOTBED FOR TESTING AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE, BUT THERE ARE CONCERNS WITH THESE DRIVERLESS CAR.

AS SUCH, RESEARCHERS AT ASU ARE LOOKING TO IMPROVE SAFETY OF VEHICLES THAT HAVE NO ONE BEHIND THE WHEEL.

FOR MORE, WE WELCOME Y-Z LANG FOR THE FULTON SCHOOLS.

GOOD TO HAVE YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> Ted: AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE SAFETY AND HOW MUCH OF A CONCERN -- I GOT SOME CONCERNS.

WHEN SEE THESE THINGS, I'M CONCERNED AND HOW MUCH OF A CONCERN IS THERE?

>> TOTALLY.

ESSENTIALLY, IF YOU ARE FOLLOWING THIS UNFORTUNATE ACCIDENT, IT HAPPENS THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO AND A HOMELESS LADY BEING TESTED.

THAT BROUGHT TO THE PUBLIC'S ATTENTION, AS WELL AS THE INSTITUTE OF THE MOBILITY IN ARIZONA AND RESEARCHERS IN ASU AND UFA AND NAU TO COME TOGETHER AND TALKING ABOUT, IS THERE ANY TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS THAT WE CAN COME UP WITH TO REGULATE AND MONITOR THE BEHAVIORS OF THIS ON THE PUBLIC ROAD THAT LEADS TO THE LAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS OF RESEARCH TALKING ABOUT THE SAFETY OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES.

OUT >> Ted: YOU SEEM INTERESTED IN COLLECTING DATA AND INVOLVING CAMERAS AND WATCHING INTERSECTIONS AND SEEING HOW THINGS ARE DRIVEN THROUGH THOSE THINGS?

>> SO I'M DIRECTING THE PERCEPTION GROUP WHICH TALKS ABOUT USING SENSORS TO MONITOR AND TRACK VEHICLES AND ALL KINDS OF OBJECTS IN A ROW TO MAKE INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS TO MAKE DECISIONS GENTLY.

WE CARE ABOUT USING EXISTING CAMERAS TO BE ABLE TO USE ALGORITHMS TO USE THESE CAMERAS TO ANALYZE THE VEHICLES AND GETTING THEIR LOCATIONS, SPEED, ACCELERATION AND OTHER EVENTS AND ALL OF THESE BEHAVIORS WHAT'SAS AMETADATA AND SOME KIND OF INSTITUTE DRIVING SCHOOL TO THE VEHICLES ON THE ROAD.

>> Ted: I WOULD IMAGINE THE COMPANIES ARE INTERESTED IN THIS AND NO ONE WANTS TO SEW SEE THEIR VEHICLES SMASHING INTO SOMETHING.

WHAT ARE YOU SEEING WITH THIS RESEARCH?

>> QUITE A LOT OF INTERESTING THINGS WE ARE DEALING WITH.

FIRST OF ALL, BEING TESTED AND CLAIMED BY THE COMPANIES PREVIOUSLY, BUT IF AN ACCIDENT HAPPENS TO A SINGLE FAMILY, TO THAT FAMILY, THAT'S 100%.

>> Ted: YES, IT IS.

>> 100% DANGEROUS.

SO QUITE A LOT OF THIS A.I.

ALGORITHMS, THESE ARE SUPER POWERFUL AND IF YOU TRUST HUMAN BEINGS, A TEAM OF HUMAN BEINGS TO REGULATE THEM, TO ME, THIS IS LIKE A DREAM.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE PUSHING FROM A PUBLIC STATE, UNIVERSITY PERSPECTIVE IS TO DEVELOP THESE TO REGULATE SO DEVELOP AND PROVIDE MONITORING FOR THE AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES.

>> Ted: A.I.

REGULATING A.I.?

>> TOTALLY.

>> Ted: I'M GETTING LOST IN THE RABBIT HOLE BUT DOES IT MEAN SAFER AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES?

IT'S STILL A.I.

AND YOU STILL HAVE -- I'M STILL ON THE ROAD HERE AND A.I.

DOESN'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I'M GOING TO DO.

HOW MUCH OF A FACTOR AND HOW MUCH SAFER ARE THINGS WITH THIS KIND OF RESEARCH?

>> RIGHT.

SO THAT'S ESSENTIALLY A QUESTION I GOT A LOT FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND I WOULD SAY THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS AS A RESEARCHER WE COULD DO THAT A LOT OF TECHNOLOGY IS GOOD, SAFER AND GOOD FOR THE SOCIETY.

ONE THING IS PUBLIC EDUCATION, RIGHT, LIKE THE PROGRAMS YOU ARE DOING TO GIVE THE GENERAL PUBLIC A FAIRVIEW FAIR VIEW AND MAKE THE ALGORITHMS MORE TRANSPARENT.

THEY WOULD HAVE THE MODELS AND WHAT THE TRAINING DATA LOOKS LIKE TO MAKE THE SAFE.

>> Ted: MORE CONFIDENCE WITH THE PUBLIC.

>> IT'S ALL ABOUT PERCEPTION.

TELESPEAKING ABOUT PERCEPTION, WHY ARE SO MANY OUT IN ARIZONA?

YOU DON'T WANT TO USE YOUR VEHICLE ON A SNOWY DAYS.

EXTREME HEAT IS FINE AND SNOWY DAYS, THE SENSORS ARE BLOCKED AND PHOENIX IS BECOMING A TECH HUB AND QUITE A LOT OF TECHNOLOGY WORKERS WERE EDUCATING FROM OUR SCHOOL AND ANY OTHER SCHOOLS COULD SUPPLY THEM FOR THE TECH WORKERS TO MAKE THE SPACE, MAKE THE CITY A PERFECT PLACE FOR VEHICLE TESTING.

>> Ted: THE GRID SYSTEM HELPS, TOO.

YES OR NO, AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE, ARE THEY HERE TO STAY?

>> YES.

>> Ted: Y-Z LANG, GOOD TO YOU HAVE HERE AND YOU SIT TIGHT AND WE APPRECIATE IT.

THAT'S IT FOR NOW AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING.