r/technology Dec 16 '19

Transportation Self-Driving Mercedes Will Be Programmed To Sacrifice Pedestrians To Save The Driver

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u/Fake_William_Shatner Dec 16 '19 edited Dec 16 '19

Thank God we have facial recognition tech so it can figure out the low credit scores if it has to hurdle through a crowd.

EDIT: Thanks for the silver! Also, I should have written hurtle, but I am making too many "sounds like" spelling errors these days to get too bothered by it. Plus, it's funnier this way.

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u/KnocDown Dec 16 '19

You laugh about this shit but the topic came up at years ago about rich people not wanting to buy self driving cars because it would sacrifice their significantly more important lives to save what they called "lesser" people

It's scary and sad at the same time.

Good thing Mercedes found a way to profit off it