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In that case, I present a SDV that never makes a wrong choice - by remaining stationary at any cost ;o) In other words, there is always a balance between safet
by Piskvorrr 8y ago
In that case, I present a SDV that never makes a wrong choice - by remaining stationary at any cost ;o)
In other words, there is always a balance between safety and usefulness, and the question of "is this the right choice" is always upon us, whether we want it or not. You can never have certainty anyway, what the software is doing is maximizing on some reward function. The TP also asks "is there even a moral component to this?" It seems there is, from the range of emotions this conjures up.
(btw "do not swerve to avoid unknown objects" has directly caused at least 1 dead person - Elaine Herzberg - so that's a really unfortunate maxim for illustrating your point: the car has also an obligation not to be a danger to others. "We just maintain control and everything else be damned" is easy to explain in court, true: IANAL, but sometimes you need more than a simple explanation to avoid being convicted.)
- rootusrootus 8y agoTo be fair, I said don't swerve for a squirrel. History is filled with examples of people giving up their own life for a squirrel/cat/dog because they swerved and lost control. You should have planned in advance what your threshold is for swerving. E.g. just brakes for anything <= white-tailed deer, and active avoidance w/braking for anything bigger, or human. Elaine is not a great example because not only did the car choose not to swerve, it also chose not to even try to brake. And on top of that, a human would have seen her from a lot farther away.
- Piskvorrr 8y agoBecause it was trying to decide if it's a shopping bag or a bike or a human or a squirrel...for six seconds, long enough to stop multiple times. The problem, from what we know so far, wasn't "car didn't see her," it was "car wasn't sure what it was, therefore squirrel." And the larger point stands: "protect occupants, ignore outsiders" is a choice in the TP, always choosing the same strategy is not "TP is irrelevant."