[ExI] Self-Driving Cars Must Make Ethical Decisions

William Flynn Wallace foozler83 at gmail.com
Wed Jul 29 15:49:47 UTC 2015


Rationality is about drawing correct inferences from limited,
     confusing, contradictory, or maliciously doctored facts.
  -- Scott Alexander

I'd say this is sheer dumb luck.  How can one be rational when the 'facts'
are false, or the data aren't complete, or are ambiguous or even completely
biased by doctoring?

bill w

On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 10:12 AM, Chris Hibbert <hibbert at mydruthers.com>
wrote:

> Researchers are trying to program self-driving cars to make
>> split-second decisions that raise real ethical questions.
>>
>
> This seems like a red herring to me. The ethical questions that
> philosophers (and members of this list) like to debate are all borderline
> questions, with strong proponents on many sides. If there isn't a single
> obvious answer to educated discussants sitting quietly in their armchairs,
> then why is it crucial that automated driving software be able to make
> split-second distinctions without warning or any background on the
> potential gains and losses?
>
> The real issue that needs to be resolved before deciding that it's okay to
> put AIs in charge of high-speed vehicles is whether they're better at
> humans at preventing accidents in the incidents that happen every day in
> every city. And if they're just barely better at that, then any difference
> of opinion on the subtle ethical trade-offs where just avoiding the
> accident isn't an option will be very much in the noise.
>
> Chris
>  --
> Rationality is about drawing correct inferences from limited,
>      confusing, contradictory, or maliciously doctored facts.
>   -- Scott Alexander
>
> Chris Hibbert
> hibbert at mydruthers.com
> http://mydruthers.com
>
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