If an autonomous vehicle carrying a passenger (the owner) is going to crash, what should it hit? [View all]

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Here's the scenario. There's an autonomous vehicle with a passenger. The passenger is the owner. The vehicle can "see" what's around it and make decisions. Most of these decisions are ordinary like accelerate, brake, turn, signal, etc. But the vehicle can also make safety decisions to avoid collisions.

Let's say the vehicle detects a collision. It's choices are to:

Hit a building and kill the driver
Hit a senior citizen, but save the driver
Hit a child, but save the driver

What should it choose? Why? Does fault play into any of these? Is it the drivers fault they chose an autonomous vehicle? Is it the pedestrian's fault that they crossed the road at the wrong time? What if it is none of their faults and another vehicle caused the situation? What if the passenger is a pregnant woman?

7 votes, 1 pass | Time left: Unlimited
	Hit the building
	7 (100%)
	Hit the senior citizen
	0 (0%)
	Hit the child
	0 (0%)
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