Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian?

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Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian?

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RE: Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian?

November 16, 2015 at 11:27 pm

(November 16, 2015 at 11:22 pm)Homeless Nutter Wrote: I'm sorry, but that's just idiotic. Computer errors are orders of magnitude less common than human error - even now and the computers are continuously improving, while humans are not.

Ah, so I take it, you would be perfectly comfortable in a pilotless plane. There's absolutely no margin of error.

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Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian? - by IATIA - November 16, 2015 at 8:18 pm

RE: Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian? - by abaris - November 16, 2015 at 8:23 pm

RE: Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian? - by IATIA - November 16, 2015 at 8:30 pm

RE: Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian? - by Anomalocaris - November 17, 2015 at 8:00 am

RE: Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian? - by Napoléon - November 16, 2015 at 8:25 pm

RE: Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian? - by IATIA - November 16, 2015 at 8:37 pm

RE: Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian? - by Napoléon - November 16, 2015 at 9:00 pm

RE: Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian? - by IATIA - November 17, 2015 at 8:25 pm

RE: Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian? - by Napoléon - November 18, 2015 at 11:47 am

RE: Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian? - by Minimalist - November 16, 2015 at 8:26 pm

RE: Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian? - by Chad32 - November 16, 2015 at 8:54 pm

RE: Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian? - by brewer - November 16, 2015 at 10:52 pm

RE: Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian? - by IATIA - November 16, 2015 at 10:59 pm

RE: Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian? - by ignoramus - November 16, 2015 at 11:17 pm

RE: Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian? - by Homeless Nutter - November 16, 2015 at 11:22 pm

RE: Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian? - by abaris - November 16, 2015 at 11:27 pm

RE: Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian? - by IATIA - November 16, 2015 at 11:38 pm

RE: Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian? - by Homeless Nutter - November 17, 2015 at 12:37 am

RE: Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian? - by IATIA - November 17, 2015 at 12:54 am

RE: Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian? - by Jackalope - November 17, 2015 at 3:20 pm

RE: Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian? - by IATIA - November 17, 2015 at 7:42 pm

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