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    NPR‏Verified account @NPR Oct 27

    Should the car swerve to avoid a group of pedestrians, killing the driver? Or should it kill the people on foot, but spare the driver? Does it matter if the pedestrians are men or women? Children or older people? Doctors or bank robbers?https://www.npr.org/2018/10/26/660775910/should-self-driving-cars-have-ethics?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=2055 …

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      2. Faye Naff  🏳️‍🌈 ♀️ 🦋 🌹‏ @FaithNaff Oct 27
        Replying to @NPR

        Jesus, NPR. I haven't even had my coffee yet. Take it down a notch, okay?

        3 replies 0 retweets 47 likes
      3. Odin the Wolfpup‏ @Wolfpup1973 Oct 27
        Replying to @FaithNaff @NPR

        Moral dilemma before coffee? The Horror!

        0 replies 0 retweets 12 likes
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      2. (((LISP Coder)))  🦠 🦟Space Force Elongated Muskrat‏ @compbiobryan Oct 27
        Replying to @NPR

        As a rule, it should value the safety of non-passengers above that of driver/passenger. Pedestrians never consented to have anything to do with a car and its risk.

        8 replies 1 retweet 29 likes
      3. Greg Faltin‏ @greg_faltin Oct 27
        Replying to @compbiobryan @NPR

        There are rules of the road for pedestrians too. If someone jaywalks on a highway the driver should pay the price?

        3 replies 0 retweets 12 likes
      4. Tony Abate‏ @tonyabate1 Oct 27
        Replying to @greg_faltin @compbiobryan @NPR

        yes the car and driver absolutely should have that responsibility and liability

        1 reply 0 retweets 8 likes
      5. Shane A Hotakainen‏ @veganshane Oct 27
        Replying to @tonyabate1 @greg_faltin and

        The car affords a lot more protection than a crosswalk does. How many car + pedestrian accidents is the driver truly at risk of bodily harm?

        1 reply 0 retweets 8 likes
      6. Greg Faltin‏ @greg_faltin Oct 27
        Replying to @veganshane @tonyabate1 and

        Not many now. But if you program the car to crash into a tree to avoid the pedestrian the calculus changes

        1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
      7. Tony Abate‏ @tonyabate1 Oct 27
        Replying to @greg_faltin @veganshane and

        What if that pedestrian was your child?

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      8. ᴏᴍᴇɢᴀ sᴇᴀɴʀᴏɴ‏ @_saintsean Oct 27
        Replying to @tonyabate1 @greg_faltin and

        What if your child is in the car with you?

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      2. Evelyn‏ @EvelisionVision Oct 27
        Replying to @NPR

        Not to be cynical but perhaps we’ll get a better sense of how many accidents are cause by pedestrians.

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      3. (((LISP Coder)))  🦠 🦟Space Force Elongated Muskrat‏ @compbiobryan Oct 27
        Replying to @EvelisionVision @NPR

        0 accidents are caused by pedestrians. Pedestrians have had living with cars forced upon them against their will and without their consent, ergo 100% of the responsibility lies with the drivers and cars.

        3 replies 0 retweets 9 likes
      4. Evelyn‏ @EvelisionVision Oct 27
        Replying to @compbiobryan @NPR

        I completely disagree. I live in a city and was in an accident which was caused by a pedestrian. The young man crossed the street when the light was green, the cab in front of me slammed on his break and I did the same only onto the rear bumper of said cab.

        3 replies 0 retweets 12 likes
      5. Evelyn‏ @EvelisionVision Oct 27
        Replying to @EvelisionVision @compbiobryan @NPR

        I’ve also seen other accidents caused by pedestrians.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. Saturn‏ @Saturndean Oct 27
        Replying to @NPR

        It’s the trolley predicament that is discussed in every intro to ethics course in college. There is no right answer.

        2 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
      3. Kevin Lim‏ @original_FoBoT Oct 27
        Replying to @Saturndean @NPR

        and anything without a 'right answer' should not be left to an AI or computer program. if something relies on human judgement to be acceptable, then a human needs to be involved to take responsibility. i am having trouble accepting that humans are ready to be killed by AI machine

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      2. Carl Gottlieb‏ @c_cgottlieb Oct 27
        Replying to @NPR

        Should journalists have ethics?

        3 replies 1 retweet 2 likes
      3. Roy Cam‏ @Roy_Cam Oct 27
        Replying to @c_cgottlieb @NPR

        Journalism is completely dependent on ethics in the sense that only real objectivity can allow impersonal truth to thrive. But these modern derivative journalists think taking sides in an ethical conflict means they are ethical even if they do it unethically... ironically...

        1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
      4. Carl Gottlieb‏ @c_cgottlieb Oct 27
        Replying to @Roy_Cam @NPR

        When it comes to cable news there is only marketing.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. Roy Cam‏ @Roy_Cam Oct 27
        Replying to @c_cgottlieb @NPR

        Hate to say something good about the caste system but the fact is that the merchant class is supposed to do merchandising & the warrior cast also supposed to be subordinate to those who are more likely to know. Problem is even the Priestly class is corrupt nowadays...

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