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How would we program a self driving car that is faced with something like a "Trolley problem" [1]. i.e. the car is faced with 2 possible probable collisions of
by glaberficken 10y ago
How would we program a self driving car that is faced with something like a "Trolley problem" [1].
i.e. the car is faced with 2 possible probable collisions of which it can only avoid one. Or between running over a pedestrian and crashing into a tree.
I assume this probably already worked into the current prototypes. Does anyone have references to discussions about this in current gen self driving car prototypes?
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolley_problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolley_problem
- glaberficken 10y agoOh! just found a few references in the exact wikipedia article I linked. Patrick Lin (October 8, 2013). "The Ethics of Autonomous Cars". The Atlantic. http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/10/the-ethics-of-autonomous-cars/280360/ http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/10/the-et... Tim Worstall (2014-06-18). "When Should Your Driverless Car From Google Be Allowed To Kill You?". Forbes. http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2014/06/18/when-should-your-driverless-car-from-google-be-allowed-to-kill-you/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2014/06/18/when-shou... Jean-François Bonnefon; Azim Shariff; Iyad Rahwan (2015-10-13). "Autonomous Vehicles Need Experimental Ethics: Are We Ready for Utilitarian Cars?". arXiv.org. http://arxiv.org/abs/1510.03346 http://arxiv.org/abs/1510.03346 Emerging Technology From the arXiv (October 22, 2015). "Why Self-Driving Cars Must Be Programmed to Kill". MIT Technology review. http://www.technologyreview.com/view/542626/why-self-driving-cars-must-be-programmed-to-kill/ http://www.technologyreview.com/view/542626/why-self-driving...