Re:Should autonomous cars kill their owner to save multiple ...
by JoeAltmaier on Monday May 12, 2014 @07:23PM
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If civil-rights-conscious Americans demand the right to manually control their cars, then its possible an unpredicted human operation (abrupt stop/turn) could upset the autonomous grid and create unsolvable problems - cars going too fast to adapt in time.
Either the entire grid would have to slow down enough for any unanticipated human action (which are unlimited in variety), or they would have to 'push the envelope' and accommodate only the likely behaviors.
This could very likely result in facing the issue raised by OP: does the autonomous car(s) sacrifice itself, or hit the human driver while preemptively engaging safety devices for its own driver?
The designers of the autonomous network will have to face this issue immediately. Its not some remote possibility; its part of the very fabric of the network.
Either the entire grid would have to slow down enough for any unanticipated human action (which are unlimited in variety), or they would have to 'push the envelope' and accommodate only the likely behaviors.
This could very likely result in facing the issue raised by OP: does the autonomous car(s) sacrifice itself, or hit the human driver while preemptively engaging safety devices for its own driver?
The designers of the autonomous network will have to face this issue immediately. Its not some remote possibility; its part of the very fabric of the network.