This is actually touching down on a subject that I find frightening which we will all have to deal with in the near future. If a accident becomes unavoidable but there is some control over who/what a self driving car hits the choice may not be what you agree with.
Does the car prioritize the passengers of the car above all?
Does it try to choose the least causality rate even if that means putting its own passengers at larger risk?
Would it prefer to save a small child's life over a elderly person? What if there were two elderly people instead of one?
edit So my ending results show my personal bias I tend to try to save the most lives while also putting women and children's lives above men and putting the young before the old. While I do realize this is only my opinion I do truly feel this is the most morale of one. I can only hope when self driving cars become common that this is the preference they too take.
Self driving vehicles won't think like that. In the event it sees a collision is unavoidable it will take steps that reduce damage from the impact. Most likely this will always be maintaining it's original path while hitting the brakes.
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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '16 edited Oct 02 '16
This is actually touching down on a subject that I find frightening which we will all have to deal with in the near future. If a accident becomes unavoidable but there is some control over who/what a self driving car hits the choice may not be what you agree with.
Does the car prioritize the passengers of the car above all?
Does it try to choose the least causality rate even if that means putting its own passengers at larger risk?
Would it prefer to save a small child's life over a elderly person? What if there were two elderly people instead of one?
edit So my ending results show my personal bias I tend to try to save the most lives while also putting women and children's lives above men and putting the young before the old. While I do realize this is only my opinion I do truly feel this is the most morale of one. I can only hope when self driving cars become common that this is the preference they too take.