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> "... Save the one in the car,” von Hugo told Car and Driver in an interview. “If all you know for sure is that one death can be prevented, then that’s your fi
by Jeff_Brown 7y ago
> "... Save the one in the car,” von Hugo told Car and Driver in an interview. “If all you know for sure is that one death can be prevented, then that’s your first priority.”
How is this quote relevant? THe point of the trolley problem is that you face a clear choice between who dies. Is Mercedes willfully programming its cars to understand the mortality of the car's occupants and nobody else's?
- Gibbon1 7y agoMercedes has a duty towards the people that buy their cars not random jaywalkers.
- Jeff_Brown 7y agoIf profit motive was the only duty anybody felt, civilization would quickly collapse. That said, I don't expect business to do anything that's not in its own interest. This sort of problem, if in fact it's a problem[1], would seem to require a legislative solution. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21818086 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21818086