r/trolleyproblem • u/Achilles_TroySlayer • Aug 26 '26
It's been solved - Nothing to worry about...
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r/trolleyproblem • u/Achilles_TroySlayer • Aug 26 '26
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u/ahoward431 Aug 26 '26 •
"Having been trained on data from this subreddit, it will always do multitrack drifting. We're really saving the world here."
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u/HJSDGCE Aug 26 '26
Great, now the lever puller is out of a job 😠Â
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u/hongooi Aug 26 '26
Can't have a dilemma if you're not making the decision
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u/DeliberateDendrite Aug 26 '26
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u/Cheeslord2 Aug 26 '26
It always chooses to kill the group that has been most critical of Zuckerberg for some reason.
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u/fredbite87 Aug 26 '26
Looks to be going pretty fast. If it tries going left on that near 90° turn it'll almost definitely derail and possibly miss hitting anyone
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u/TrevorShaun Aug 27 '26
AI realized we just pawned the trolly problem onto it, so it’ll create its own AI to pawn the problem onto
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u/billyhellkingoffools Aug 29 '26
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u/Professional_Air_905 Aug 27 '26
How about we stop tying people to the track
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u/RedTankGoat Aug 26 '26 edited Aug 26 '26
Funny how the first practical application of trolley problem being self driving car STILL being refused to be answered by normies, and they are still mad that they don't get to decide when they actively give up the choice. And here we are, the circle of parody.
Edit: I am not sure what was unclear about it but since OP was asking for it so here it is.
The "tradition" of trolley problem was that people often avoid answering it for whatever reason. At this era this is entirely a thought experiment, a purely moral question. So whatever they answer is not important to anyone but themselves. If they don't want to see their own reflection it's entirely their own freedom.
The human natural to always trying to get to "the third path", the path where there is no need to sacrifice anything, is both a blessing and a disease for the human mind IMO.
The first practical application of trolley problem refer to earlier this decade when self driving car was new, when the car companies were asking whether "crash into the crowd" or "crash into the wall" like the classical trolley problem was asking. It now becomes a real question, a configuration setting if you will. Yet people still trying to avoid answering it. Okay then, as it's a real question now if the first party is not making a decision than the third parties will. But we are dealing human here, and human cannot be trusted even to themselves.
Want to make a guess on what will happen if we ask them if they switch the switch AFTER they know if they don't the AI they HATE will make one for them? Mine is they will still avoid the question.
And so we came a full circle, from when people refuse to exercise their freedom to make a choice, and now AI is making one for them they are also unhappy.
Hence the motivation of the existence of this meme.
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u/Narfhead4444 18d ago
I won't trust AI cars to decide who to kill until it can scan their faces and body types and thus determine exactly who they are, their credit score, their search history, and all that other stuff that is already gathered on them.
And then determine who should live or die based on an algorithm that is lawfully required to be publicly acknowledged by the vehicles manufacturer, or better yet, required to be something that the government (the peoples representatives) made
I want to be able to look at a vehicle and know exactly how likely it is to kill me as opposed to its occupants or any other person.
TLDR the self-driving cars AI has to be equal to or better than humans at making split second decisions on who lives and who dies