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> the moral decision was made long before the scenario was entered. The company manufacturing the car needs to make this decision when writing the software. At

• woodruffw 5y ago
  > The company manufacturing the car needs to make this decision when writing the software. At that time, it's a decision being made by moral agents. I think even that is a step beyond: acquiescing to the task of writing software that will kill people as part of an agent-less decision is, itself, an immoral task. The puppy-kicking machine analogy was supposed to be a little tongue-in-cheek, but it is appropriate: if it's bad to kick puppies, then we probably should consider not building the machine in the first place instead of trying to teach it morality.