Researchers at MIT have put together a pictorial survey http://moralmachine.mit.edu/ -- if the self-driving car loses its brakes, should it go straight or turn? Various scenarios are presented with either occupants or pedestrians dying, and there are a variety of peds in the road from strollers to thieves, even pets.
This AC found that I quickly began to develop my own simplistic criteria and the decisions got easier the further I went in the survey.
While the survey is very much idealized, it may have just enough complexity to give some useful results?
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 31 2016, @06:35PM
If the pedestrians are already dead then we can drive straight into them. Therefore the pedestrians are already dead, happy driving folks!
(Score: 2) by davester666 on Tuesday November 01 2016, @04:49AM
It's still better to go around them if you can. You might damage the front of the car a bit, and then there is all the blood and guts that has to be washed off. And, of course, the bumps you feel going over them might make you spill your drink.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 01 2016, @05:06PM
That's funny, I can't recall Alberto Gonzales solution.