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 …
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Replying to @Austen @AustenAllred
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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Replying to @webdevMason
I agree, of course, but I doubt that goes over well on Capitol Hill
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Replying to @Austen @AustenAllred
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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Replying to @webdevMason @AustenAllred
sounds like the challenge isn't about finding the most rational answer, but moving that answer from a tweet to policy, given the limitations of humans and political institutions.
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