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Here’s a Terrible Idea: Robot Cars With Adjustable Ethics Settings

By Patrick Lin on

Do you remember that day when you lost your mind? You aimed your car at five random people down the road. By the time you realized what you were doing, it was too late to brake.

Thankfully, your autonomous car saved their lives by grabbing the wheel from you and swerving to the right. Too bad for the one unlucky person standing on that path, struck and killed by your car.

Read the full piece at Wired.

Published in: Publication , Other Writing , Robotics , Autonomous Driving , robot ethics