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cmn32480
on Monday October 31 2016, @06:16PM
from the explosions-killing-everybody-isn't-a-choice dept.
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: 3, Touché) by JNCF on Monday October 31 2016, @09:22PM
Hey aristarchus, Nate Silver [fivethirtyeight.com] currently gives Donald Trump a 24.4% chance of being the next President; that's basically the same probability as getting a critical failure on a d4! If you don't like the idea of /b/ running a car, just wait till you see direction they'd tip a country in. Happy Halloween!