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syzo · 3483 days ago · link · · parent · post: Will your self-driving car be programmed to kill you if it means saving more strangers?
Yup. I'm not sure why this question is so popular when automatic cars will always make sure it's driving safely. I do wonder about what it'll do when faced with a bunch of people on a sidewalk or walking on the side of the road, though. Will it calculate how fast the human could theoretically jump out in front of it, and drive assuming that that can happen at any time? How will it work in large cities where there may be a lot of people on the sidewalk at any given time? I guess just drive slowly enough that it can stop in a centimeter in under X amount of time.