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Re:The coming collision between autonomous vehicles and the ... by joshribakoff on Saturday August 29, 2020 @11:25AM (#24316717)
The trolley problem is silly. Was the car putting itself into an ultimatum? That’s the fault of the car. The car can be programmed to not exceed a certain speed calculated from its stopping distance. The tradeoffs would be that it would drive more conservative but that’s really the whole point of automating cars. If the car gets itself into a trolley problem something is wrong with the car and that’s pretty clear
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Re:The coming collision between autonomous vehicles and the ... by JoeAltmaier on Saturday August 29, 2020 @03:39PM (#24318854)
Then all AI cars will go about 10 MPH. Because something might dart out at any moment.

Our roads aren't built so you can 'not exceed...stopping distance'. Sure in good conditions with dry road and clear shoulders and a wide ditch, you can come up with a figure. But that's not where accidents happen. They happen in town, at intersections, driveways.

Every AI car already has to make the 'trolley car' decision, and you can bet the programmer put something in there. If something is in the road, does it dodge around? Yes or no. That's the gist of it.

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