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briandmyers  ·  3516 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Should your robot driver kill you to save a child's life?

You've clearly thought a lot about this, and I do see what you're saying.

I'd still like to know what an autonomous car will do in these "oh shit" situations, and I don't believe it's mere sophistry to want those answers. I'd like to see some testing done (say, with pop-ups), designed to throw a monkey wrench into the car's navigation.

To put it really simply - if the car detects something unexpected in its path, does it : A) Swerve to avoid, if it deems that to be safe? If so, what exactly does it consider "safe" to be? B) Stay on course and slow itself as best it can? C) Other?

I'd also be interested in what you (or anyone) thinks are appropriate thought experiments.

One I'd be interested in exploring is "How badly can a determined person or group fuck up an autonomous car?", or "How well would such a car handle a malicious agent intent on (say) causing harm to a passenger in such a vehicle?"