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Unread 08-12-2014, 07:14 PM   #2 (permalink)
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No objections.. we need to become post/transhuman asap so these problems never arise, if we were all super-intelligent mind-melders..
Driverless cars.
How should they be programmed to avoid danger (until we are smart enough to avoid all danger)?

When Should Your Driverless Car From Google Be Allowed To Kill You? - Forbes

Should your robot driver kill you to save a child?s life?

Wiki links for the problem
Tunnel problem - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Trolley problem - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Originally Posted by wiki
68% of professional philosophers would switch (sacrifice the one individual to save five lives) in the case of the trolley problem, 8% would not switch, and the remaining 24% had another view or could not answer.
I can't make an arrogant statement, I don't have an answer right now.
What would the negative utilitarian do?
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