Autonomous cars - a social, ethical, political nightmare? Helen Czerski speaks with Jack Stilgoe
The Fully Charged Podcast
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The Ethical Dilemma of Self-Driving Cars
Some philosophers have said a self-driving car gives us a real world test case for this thing that had always been a thought experiment. I think it should remain a thought experiment and if you're an engineer of a self- Driving car you probably agree as well because you know that a self- driving car is not going to be able to calculate the difference between the utilitarian outcomes of five deaths versus versus one death. It does raise an important question which is that robots making decisions that have value considerations and that have differential outcomes right in which some people might be harmed some people might benefit some people might might be harmed that is a profound question for society to have to deal with.
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