Should autonomous cars kill their owner to save multiple other lives?

Re:Should autonomous cars kill their owner to save multiple ... by johngalt on Monday May 12, 2014 @06:54PM (#7735867)

This article goes out of it's way to create hand wringing 'what-if' scenarios. Completely ignoring the fact that car accidents would be practically eliminated with autonomous vehicles.

It's perfectly reasonable for a group of cars to all take action with their owners self-preservation in mind first and foremost. If your worried about 'greater total number of deaths', look at human drivers.

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Re:Should autonomous cars kill their owner to save multiple ... by thematt on Monday May 12, 2014 @07:18PM (#7735948)

I still think it's an interesting question to think about. There's going to be a (long) period of time whereby autonomous vehicles are sharing the road with human controlled vehicles and the elimination of all/most accidents is not likely during that transition.

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