Utumno
2 x Model Y LR (2022 Q2 & 2023 Q3)
This again?A bit of a non sequitur but if and when we resolve the technical issues how do we resolve the moral ones.
e.g. You come around a corner and there is an idiot overtaking an HGV in your lane.
You have three choices
1) swerve right and hit the HGV head on
2) brake and have a head on with the overtaking car
3) swerve left and possibly hit one or more of the pedestrians on the pavement?
A human would probably not have time to think and would just react and might do any one of the 3 but if given time to think about it and come to a decision what would you do? and what should FSD do? What % chance of hitting a pedestrian would make it OK to mount the pavement?
Maybe there is a consensus answer to this one made up on the spur of the moment but there are plenty more of these.
My prediction is a "Me First" monthly addon subscription which for only an extra $20 skews the cars moral compass in your direction so it will mow down school children at a bus stop without a second thought if there is a 1% chance you might break a finger nail.
Several manufacturers are on record as stating that their autonomous agents will aim to prevent injury to driver and passenger as this is what the human driver would instinctively do.
If that means mowing down children at a bus stop, that’s what can be expected. Take a human-driven taxi instead; the outcome will likely be the same but the passenger will be able to place any moralistic blame in a human rather than a machine. The children will be just as dead, but perhaps the passenger will feel better about their choices?
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