The New Moral and Legal Issues with Self-Driving Cars
First, there is the issue of programming morality into the decision-making software of the driverless cars. For instance, if a driverless car is faced with the scenario of crashing into another car or swerving out of the way and potentially hitting pedestrians, what decision is the right one? Does the car have a responsibility to protect the driver? After all, the driver is the company’s customer, right? Or does the car have a responsibility to protect the pedestrians? There are several difficult scenarios that the companies building these cars need to consider with great care.
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