Tuesday, May 6, 2014

The Robot Car of Tomorrow Might Just Be Programmed to Hit You

Suppose that an autonomous car is faced with a terrible decision to crash into one of two objects. It could swerve to the left and hit a Volvo sport utility vehicle (SUV), or it could swerve to the right and hit a Mini Cooper. If you were programming the car to minimize harm to others--a sensible goal--which way would you instruct it go in this scenario?













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