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Why Self Driving Cars Must Be Programmed to Kill

12 pointsby knwangover 9 years ago

3 comments

kristianpover 9 years ago
If two people run out in front of the car, and my option is to swerve to take out one innocent person on the side-walk, should I stay on the road, harming the people who broke the road rules? I would be breaking the road rules if I swerved and also I'd be harming someone who did no wrong.
tim333over 9 years ago
I'm not sure it's true they must be programmed to kill. In general they will be programmed to avoid killing anyone. I imagine in situations that they do kill people it will be because the systems failed rather than by calculation.
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pvaldesover 9 years ago
... or we could just program an external airbag in the radiator instead and be more creative. A "capot airbag", why not? People in an automatic car do not really need to see out to drive.