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You absolutely cannot imagine a situation where a car will most likely cause damage but the driver (be that a computer or a human) can influence where it hits?

You absolutely cannot imagine a situation where a car will most likely cause damage but the driver (be that a computer or a human) can influence where it hits? And if it can be influenced, why wouldn't you want the least amount of damage vs some random amount of damage? I'm not talking about Descartes and his all-powerful god that may fool him. "Which of your kids do you send to college if you don't have enough money to send both?" is a similar question, and that may be unthinkable and totally unrealistic for a SWE, but it's a pretty normal situation for lots of people.

ponker 6y ago
Of course I can imagine the situation, the same way I can imagine the situation with the two kids falling off the cliff. The question isn't any different from: "If the car is headed down a road and has to hit the Governor of Texas or the Governor of Louisiana which one should it hit?" Of course I absolutely can imagine this situation. But answering this question is just a Priority Last for autonomous vehicles.