The problem I have with this analogy – between self-driving cars’ behavior and
decision-making capability (or human drivers’ for that matter) – and the
trolley problem (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolley_problem), is that the
trolley problem presumes a “runaway trolley” – i.e., one that is
Scott:
Just to muddy the waters a little, it is noted the CEO of Mercedes clarified
his comments later:
Fortune later reported, that Mercedes-Benz said that their CEO, von Hugo, was
misquoted. They later sidestepped the question saying the automaker’s official
position is that “neither
In a variant of "the customer is always right" principle, they code to -
surprise, surprise, surprise! - save the occupants of the vehicle in favour
of any number of pedestrians or other road users.
