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> In case of regular cars, you go to jail for vehicular manslaughter when you brake the traffic laws and in effect kill someone. But the truck won't do that. B
by jhall1468 10y ago
> In case of regular cars, you go to jail for vehicular manslaughter when you brake the traffic laws and in effect kill someone.
But the truck won't do that. Break the law, that is. Unlike humans, its knowledge of traffic laws will be complete. It won't "break the law" in the sense that you are using the phrase.
However, there are other ethical/moral issues (do we program a car to kill 1 person if it saves 3?).
- bitJericho 10y agoI wrote a satirical article about this once. http://witscience.org/wit-helps-produce-safe-driverless-cars/ http://witscience.org/wit-helps-produce-safe-driverless-cars...
- dragonwriter 10y ago> Unlike humans, its knowledge of traffic laws will be complete. Its knowledge of the text may be, its knowledge of what that means in practical terms will probably not be; the law often specifies that action be "reasonable" or similar terms, in light of the conditions. A human trier of fact may well find that the actions of an automated system -- especially in combinations of circumstances its creators did not specifically account for -- is unreasonable.