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Here's the heuristic I'm least uncomfortable with: - avoid collisions with things or people if at all possible - if collisions are unavoidable, choose whateve
by elihu 10y ago
Here's the heuristic I'm least uncomfortable with:
- avoid collisions with things or people if at all possible
- if collisions are unavoidable, choose whatever option won't harm anyone
- if harm is unavoidable, select the option that harms whoever is created the unsafe situation by doing something they shouldn't have
- if harm to law-abiding normally-behaving person is unavoidable and a critical safety feature of the vehicle has failed due to lack of maintenance, prefer harm to whoever is responsible for vehicle maintenance
- if situation is unrelated to vehicle maintenance or harm to some other party is unavoidable, choose the option that maximizes likelihood of people getting out of the way, minimizes impact speed, and isn't overly surprising (i.e. prefer to stay in the same lane if possible), honk the horn, and hope for the best
So, if someone runs into the street suddenly in front of oncoming traffic, the car should not choose an option that harms someone else due to that person's poor choice. Similarly, if someone neglects the maintenance of their car, they should bear the responsibility for it. (Ideally, a "car no longer responsible for protecting your life" light would come on or the vehicle would refuse to start if regular maintenance is overdue.)
- HillaryBriss 10y agoi found myself biased in favor protecting pedestrians, even pedestrians who crossed against a red light. i think that's closer to how i drive than, say, reducing the value of a pedestrian who is crossing the street illegally. and i think i drive that way because at some point the statement "pedestrians always have the right of way" was drilled into my brain.
- jbpetersen 10y agoNow I want to see Herbie as reimagined by Isaac Asimov.
- qbrass 10y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_(short_story) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_(short_story)
- maxerickson 10y agoIf lack of maintenance is creating an identifiable unsafe situation, the automated system should refuse to operate the vehicle at full capacity. (all the potential objections to that policy are answered by pointing out that the operator of the vehicle has a responsibility to other occupants of the road.)
- diamondlovesyou 10y agoWhat if (full) use of the car is required? Sometimes things break (or rather, a threshold is crossed), but it won't become known to the car and thus the owner until the car is needed. A wife entering labor, for example.
- maxerickson 10y agoIf someone needs high availability, they should adjust their maintenance intervals as appropriate to ensure it. If something literally breaks during the trip, call an ambulance. That the above is more complicated than ignoring the trade off created by lax maintenance shouldn't become a problem for the pedestrians along their route to the hospital.