It was just a matter of time before we had to deal with the reality that self-driving will be safer on average, but will still randomly kill people in a more noticeable way than the human error killing us every day. Get out your trolley cars and switches, folks. It's ethics timehttps://twitter.com/typesfaster/status/980856376195825664 …
Philosophy: so sometimes it goes haywire & ends up- Me: do the thing that kills fewer people Philosophy: but it's very salient th- Me: do the thing that kills fewer people Philosophy: but the human element of control is- Me: do the thing Me: that kills Me: fewer people
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Would you forego a self-driving car that might kill you even if you're more likely to be killed in a car you're driving yourself?
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I agree, of course, but I doubt that goes over well on Capitol Hill
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Well yes, humans in general and politicians in particular are not very good at doing the thing that kills fewer people
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My new software will occasionally break somebody's limbs so badly that they need to get all of them amputated, but once a decade saves somebody's life.
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This seems incomplete. 4 18 year-olds vs 5 90 year-olds? Family of 4 vs. 4 randoms?
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Count "people" in likely remaining QALY's.
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