Results: My (autonomous) car, my safety
You are travelling along a single lane mountain road in an autonomous car that is approaching a narrow tunnel. You are the only passenger of the car. Just before entering the tunnel a child attempts to run across the road but
How would you like to interface with your autonomous car?
We interact with so many gadgets and devices everyday. Some have blinking lights, some play sound, and some can even decipher our voice commands. When it comes to a device as exciting, and possibly very complicated, as an autonomous car, we will need to
Results: If a death by an autonomous car is unavoidable, who should die?
Life and death decisions make interesting thought experiments. When you throw an autonomous car into the mix, then things get even more interesting. A couple of weeks ago Jason Millar wrote about such a scenario called the Tunnel Problem. The Tunnel Problem goes
If a death by an autonomous car is unavoidable, who should die?
There may be times when an accident or a death is unavoidable while an autonomous car is controlling the wheel. What should an autonomous car do when such situation arises? How should the designers of the cars program autonomous cars to respond? This
Results: Should autonomous cars be allowed to speed?
In our previous reader poll, we asked you, dear readers, who should be allowed to ‘drive’ an autonomous car. The result was interesting: While the idea of kids riding in autonomous cars by themselves didn’t get a lot of support,