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Re: Autonomous cars


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Posted by Brendon-KS on January 17, 2018 at 18:07:59 from (63.245.145.35):

In Reply to: Autonomous cars posted by Eldon (WA) on January 17, 2018 at 10:36:12:

The biggest challenge I see in autonomous vehicles isn't a technology hurdle but rather an
ethical one. Whenever we get behind the wheel we're assuming an enormous responsibility to
others around us and are also assuming a risk that other's actions may injure or even kill us.
Events arise on the road without warning that can never be planned for and it can require a
split-second decision to determine the "lesser of evils". For example, do I run over the kid who
just jumped out in front of me, swerve left into oncoming traffic, or swerve right and crash into
a tree? The human driver makes a decision and acts on it based on what just feels right at that
moment and provided the action was taken in good faith nobody can really fault the driver
regardless of the outcome - he was put in a situation that had no good options. On the other
hand, an autonomous vehicle would need to be pre-programmed for such an event. In this case
regardless of the outcome the vehicle manufacturer will probably get sued by either: A) the
parents of the kid because the car didn't swerve and ran him down, B) the family of the driver of
the oncoming vehicle that was killed when the car swerved into him, or C) the family of the
autonomous vehicle driver who died crashing into a tree. To program the vehicle controls for
such an event would require a company deciding what the "lesser of evils" is and as such would be
picking the "loser". This has liability written all over it. And what if the detection system
only thought it was a kid when it was really a large dog? It would be hard to justify a loss of
human life to save a dog.

Yes, it's a hypothetical situation but this is the kind of thing that needs to be worked out
before autonomous vehicles become mainstream. Computers don't have the ability to think and
reason - they can only follow lines of code - and to be programmed to execute a "thoughtful"
response to every conceivable situation will be a massive undertaking.


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