
Self-driving Cars and the Apocalypse | Ryan Jenkins (with Stephen Kershnar)
Brain in a Vat
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The Role of the Manufacturer in the Ethics of Cars
This is a very easily imaginable world. I can completely visualize this, Stephen. This is a novel that has to be written. And you can just imagine the virtue signaling around people saying, I've prioritized pedestrians rather than myself and I will not perform any utilitarian calculations. But of course, the manufacturer has some role to play in this because they design what the menu of settings that the driver has access to. So if they disable your car beforehand, especially if it prevents them from incarcerating or convicting you for driving drunk, they got that wrong as well.
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