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Thanks. 1) Expecting a human to be on deck within some fraction of a second in challenging times will not fly. 2) Perhaps software in cars can be independentl

by jhulla 11y ago

Thanks. 1) Expecting a human to be on deck within some fraction of a second in challenging times will not fly. 2) Perhaps software in cars can be independently safety tested. Just like cars are collision tested today. 3) Understand about human reaction times. My question is about making moral choices: hit a pedestrian or sacrifice the driver?

rjp0008 11y ago
Your wording is very interesting on #3, "hit" a pedestrian versus "sacrificing" a driver. I don't think this situation is very likely. A self driving car should be aware of people and would likely be able to compensate without killing the passenger. If it was a case of hitting a pedestrian versus driving off a cliff I feel like the pedestrian will just be SOL for getting in that situation. Otherwise you could have murder by car relatively easily. Maybe we could make people register their car settings at the DMV like we do for organ donations. "Would you like to opt-in to the murder-children AI driver, or the martyr driver?"