"...Using trolley-style problems in the context of autonomous vehicles as a case study, I argue
(1) that this is a misapplication of philosophical thought experiments because
(2) it fails to appreciate the purpose of moral dilemmas, and
(3) this has potentially catastrophic consequences; however,
(4) there are uses of moral dilemmas in machine ethics that are appropriate and the novel situations that arise in a machine-learning context can shed some light on philosophical work in ethics..."
Would a machine solving the trolly problem on whether to hit the wall vs some cyclists ever choose to hit the wall in a way that damages the driver, bounces into the people and damages some of the people, but kills no one?
I have seen accidents where a truck driver drives partially off the road to slow down his truck and minimize damage, but does not go entirely off it because that would kill him.
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[ 4.4 ms ] story [ 19.1 ms ] thread(1) that this is a misapplication of philosophical thought experiments because
(2) it fails to appreciate the purpose of moral dilemmas, and
(3) this has potentially catastrophic consequences; however,
(4) there are uses of moral dilemmas in machine ethics that are appropriate and the novel situations that arise in a machine-learning context can shed some light on philosophical work in ethics..."
I have seen accidents where a truck driver drives partially off the road to slow down his truck and minimize damage, but does not go entirely off it because that would kill him.