Thinking it through, a person kind of develops a sense that all of the interesting things, in this branch of thought experiments, tend to shake out, postmortem.

Thinking it through, a person kind of develops a sense that all of the interesting things, in this branch of thought experiments, tend to shake out, postmortem. In the heat of the moment, what seems like a plausible bargain threatens to reveal grotesque details amid the wreckage. So, the trolley problem itself usually becomes most interesting when inspecting the identities of any casualties. e.g. What about famous people? What about small children? In this case, the scenario becomes threatening with the possibility of proving that the condemned was sacrificed only to placate mob rule. e.g. What if the real criminal is found later, somehow? Acting with a tendency to ignore the postmortem consequences is probably how a machine will operate. They don't have reputation. They don't consult emotion to inform their decisions. A machine might not question which teddy bear was the most favorite teddy bear, when organizing a garage sale.