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It’s a weird one. I’m with you and utilitarianism, but a lot of people seem to feel that e.g. AI driven cars will not be morally acceptable unless they are not
by brookst 4y ago
It’s a weird one. I’m with you and utilitarianism, but a lot of people seem to feel that e.g. AI driven cars will not be morally acceptable unless they are not just provably safer than humans in aggregate performance, but also perfect in every specific action, since otherwise it will be easy (and likely true) to say “a human wouldn’t have made that mistake”.
- it_citizen 4y agoI get that feeling when I try to imagine if I would prefer an AI to drive my car. Rationally, I know it would probably be safer, but at the same time I would still feel safer driving it myself. I imagine it is a mix of an illusion of control and "it won't happen to me because I drive better than the average driver".
- brookst 4y agoAgreed, and also the particular mistakes AI will make seem so obvious and dumb to us. There is no way I would crash into emergency vehicles with flashing lights, ever. So intuitively AI is scary. But never mind that it also will avoid rear-ending people due to lack of attention, which is a very human mistake and much more frequent.