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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?

Yeah, i guess i was specifically thinking of the suicidal person scenario. I'm sure there will be nauseating amounts of research dedicated to safety, and i'm sure that the computer-controlled car will be safer than a human-controlled one any day.

Given all that though, i guess the question given in OP comes down to "be as safe as possible to people external to the car, but save the people inside the car at all costs". That's probably what i'd go with.





OftenBen  ·  3483 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm fairly certain that within the limits of their sensory apparatus self-driving cars are already safer than human drivers.