[ExI] Autonomous car ethics

[William Flynn Wallace]

 an individual can still improve his
chances of survival by choosing a self-preserving car at the cost of
overall public safety.

BillK

I'd like to know the situations that were or would be presented to the AI
driver.  Would the car run off a cliff to avoid hitting more people than
were in the car?

bill w

On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 5:16 PM, BillK <pharos at gmail.com> wrote:

> Should a self-driving car kill its passengers for the greater good –
> for instance, by swerving into a wall to avoid hitting a large number
> of pedestrians? Surveys of nearly 2,000 US residents revealed that,
> while we strongly agree that autonomous vehicles should strive to save
> as many lives as possible, we are not willing to buy such a car for
> ourselves, preferring instead one that tries to preserve the lives of
> its passengers at all costs.
>
> <http://www.gizmag.com/driverless-car-ethics/43926/>
>
> Quote:
> As the researchers explained, this problem is a glaring example of the
> so-called tragedy of the commons, a situation in which a shared
> resource is depleted by individual users acting out of self-interest.
> In this case, even though society as a whole would be better off using
> utilitarian algorithms alone, an individual can still improve his
> chances of survival by choosing a self-preserving car at the cost of
> overall public safety.
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