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posted by cmn32480 on Monday October 31 2016, @06:16PM   Printer-friendly
from the explosions-killing-everybody-isn't-a-choice dept.

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?


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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 31 2016, @07:28PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 31 2016, @07:28PM (#421009)

    Because a networked vehicle can be hacked, fed false signals, even mess up actual signals and get ghost data. Someone could set up a jammer around any major intersection / merging zone and really screw things up.

    Once the cars can outperform humans with purely optical / sensor data I will be OK with them being used on regular well maintained roads. Dirt roads? Poor signage? Bad lane markers? AI CAR NOT ALLOWED!!!

    The success rate of human drivers is actually pretty phenomenal given the number of vehicles on the road at any given time, and the number of crazy situations that occur.

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