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

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13. The car can't choose to kill the driver over someone else

The life of the driver counts no more or less than the others

*the driver* ought to choose self sacrifice, if they were making the decision

But the *ai system* is not sacrificing itself to save anyone

The *ai system* has no basis in that moment to identify with the driver and self-sacrifice to save the others. To the *ai system*, they're *all* others.

It has no basis on which to choose to kill one to save the others.



I have my cheeky answer though, which is what I think Elon musk would do:

The ai system should hit the building, killing the driver, but record data showing the human driver disengaged autopilot and took over seconds before the crash and selflessly veered away from the pedestrians, killing himself and dying a hero.