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: 3, Insightful) by dyingtolive on Monday October 31 2016, @09:31PM
I cannot disagree. A vehicle SHOULD have to prioritize the passengers above anyone else because otherwise you're trying to market a literal deathtrap that is substandard in price AND features to the person making the decision to purchase it.
Or, put simpler by Heinlein, "Being generous is inborn; being altruistic is a learned perversity."
Don't blame me, I voted for moose wang!