RE: Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian?
November 17, 2015 at 4:08 pm
(This post was last modified: November 17, 2015 at 4:08 pm by Alex K.)
(November 17, 2015 at 3:32 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Back that up? Then, for extra credit, show me that their horrific record is (or would be) worse than our own? We use machines precisely -because- they are better than we are, at what we use them for. Your brain was "designed" to operate a vehicle the size of your body, and most of us are plenty clumsy regardless. You telling me, that you think, something that was -actually- designed to operate a vehicle would be worse at it than something that wasn't...and often fails to adequately operate what it -is- rated to handle?
Hal, take the wheel.
I'm just saying if the sky were full of confused pedestrians, drunk drivers and the possibility of other planes suddenly coming around the corner or unpredictably stopping in front of you while a playing child runs in your way, current autopilots would be catastrophic.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
