Re:Why Self Driving Cars Must Be Programmed to Kill
by sokoloff on Monday October 26, 2015 @04:02AM
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The question the article raises is not "should an autonomous vehicle ever use its brakes to avoid an accident?" but rather "in a situation where brakes are insufficient and the controller of the vehicle needs to make a decision about how to weigh the risks to various people, how should those decisions be made?"
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Re:Why Self Driving Cars Must Be Programmed to Kill
by mcv on Tuesday October 27, 2015 @06:37AM
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That doesn't change the fact that this is a situation that should not occur. When it happens, someone fucked up. Maybe pedestrians are throwing themselves into oncoming traffic, or the car has already made some pretty terrible mistakes.