Moral dilemmas involving driverless vehicles are best solved by programming the intelligent agent governance to simulate an ethical human driver. In this fashion, the agent reuses the existing human-applicable laws and conventions.
To be sure, laws will have to be revised to accomodate certain super-human powers of vehicle-controlling intelligent agents. For example, I suppose that such agents will be much more aware of various environmental aspects due to their mesh-networking with other vehicles, roadside features, etc.
Suppose that blind pedestrians have smartphones that mesh-network with nearby driverless cars. Existing driving laws could then be revised to require driverless cars to yield right of way, even if the blind pedestrian is not holding a cane, or is not otherwise visible.
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[ 1.7 ms ] story [ 12.4 ms ] threadTo be sure, laws will have to be revised to accomodate certain super-human powers of vehicle-controlling intelligent agents. For example, I suppose that such agents will be much more aware of various environmental aspects due to their mesh-networking with other vehicles, roadside features, etc.
Suppose that blind pedestrians have smartphones that mesh-network with nearby driverless cars. Existing driving laws could then be revised to require driverless cars to yield right of way, even if the blind pedestrian is not holding a cane, or is not otherwise visible.