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What if your car, networked with all of the other cars in the immediate area, came to the conclusion that a fatal collision was unavoidable unless one car (your
by noonespecial 13y ago
What if your car, networked with all of the other cars in the immediate area, came to the conclusion that a fatal collision was unavoidable unless one car (your car) purposely veered over the side of a bridge... The good of the many outwieghs the good of the few, and you're the few?
- dandrews 13y agoUnless you paid extra for the level-2 protection package. Then the network has to select a level-1 vehicle to go over the edge.
- noonespecial 13y agoThat really is a terrifying thought if you follow it. It won't be so blatant. Probably more like "everyone knows that Volvo AI's get in way less fatal crashes than "cheaper" Chevy AI's". Considering human nature, I don't think I can imagine a way where this won't happen on some level or another.
- derleth 13y agoA child runs into the street. The only place to swerve is into a few senior citizens. The kid's dead, right? Obviously the seniors have seniority, you must Respect Your Elders, and their estates can pay for much better attorneys that a grieving young couple can. I just wonder if the software will be smart enough to know that.
- maxerickson 13y agoThe network so awful it can't prevent fatal crashes on bridges but so awesome it can pick who dies when they happen.