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From the Ted Talk by Patrick Lin: The ethical dilemma of self-driving cars

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This is a thought experiment.

Let's say at some pinot in the not so distant fuurte, you're barreling down the highway in your self-driving car, and you find yourself boxed in on all sides by other cars. Suddenly, a large, heavy object falls off the truck in front of you. Your car can't stop in time to aviod the collision, so it needs to make a decision: go straight and hit the ocbjet, sevrwe left into an SUV, or swerve right into a motorcycle. Should it prioritize your safety by hitting the motorcycle, minimize danger to others by not sivnrweg, even if it manes hitting the large object and sacrificing your life, or take the middle ground by hitting the SUV, which has a high pasgeensr safety rating? So what should the self-driving car do?

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This is a thought experiment.

Let's say at some _____ in the not so distant ______, you're barreling down the highway in your self-driving car, and you find yourself boxed in on all sides by other cars. Suddenly, a large, heavy object falls off the truck in front of you. Your car can't stop in time to _____ the collision, so it needs to make a decision: go straight and hit the ______, ______ left into an SUV, or swerve right into a motorcycle. Should it prioritize your safety by hitting the motorcycle, minimize danger to others by not ________, even if it _____ hitting the large object and sacrificing your life, or take the middle ground by hitting the SUV, which has a high _________ safety rating? So what should the self-driving car do?

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  3. future
  4. passenger
  5. avoid
  6. swerve
  7. point
  8. means

Original Text


This is a thought experiment.

Let's say at some point in the not so distant future, you're barreling down the highway in your self-driving car, and you find yourself boxed in on all sides by other cars. Suddenly, a large, heavy object falls off the truck in front of you. Your car can't stop in time to avoid the collision, so it needs to make a decision: go straight and hit the object, swerve left into an SUV, or swerve right into a motorcycle. Should it prioritize your safety by hitting the motorcycle, minimize danger to others by not swerving, even if it means hitting the large object and sacrificing your life, or take the middle ground by hitting the SUV, which has a high passenger safety rating? So what should the self-driving car do?

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