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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 17, 2015 at 12:37 am
(November 16, 2015 at 11:27 pm)abaris Wrote: Ah, so I take it, you would be perfectly comfortable in a pilotless plane. There's absolutely no margin of error.

I would be infinitely more comfortable in a pilotless plane, if the alternative was the plane being piloted by me, or any other idiot, who got their license, by completing 20hrs course and some multiple choice test.

Humans are crap at driving. Pilots are the selected best and they spend years before they're allowed to fly. And I'm sure as soon as technology allows it - we'll have planes taking off and landing automatically as well, with pilots being only a back-up.
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RE: Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian? - by Homeless Nutter - November 17, 2015 at 12:37 am

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