Will you miss driving your non-autonomous car?
A few weeks ago, one of our readers, Javier Lopez, submitted a number of questions to the ORi team. He brought up many interesting points, and we won't attempt to cover them all in one poll. But one of them had
Results: Random chance over informed decision
Given a choice between crashing into a motorcyclist wearing a helmet vs. a motorcyclist who isn't wearing one, which one should an autonomous car be programmed to crash into? What about the choice between crashing into an SUV vs. a
How should an autonomous car optimize crashes?
A couple of months ago Dr. Patrick Lin, director of the Ethics + Emerging Sciences Group at California Polytechnic State University, wrote an article on autonomous cars. The article, titled "The Robot Car of Tomorrow May Just Be Programmed to Hit You",
Results: How would you like to interface with your car?
In our previous poll, we discussed a moral dilemma involving an autonomous car called the Tunnel Problem. In it, the car needs to decide whether to save a child’s life or its’ passenger’s. Obviously, such a scenario we hope no
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