Quote (Handcuffs @ Jan 4 2021 10:46pm)
Friends of PaRD, the classic Trolley Dilemma has become of interest to self-driving car makers as they attempt to refine their algorithms for extreme (yet still plausible) scenarios. ^Nathan and I went through the scenarios that they have on MIT's
https://www.moralmachine.net/, which you can 'play' to help them get human data on moral decisions. It will also allow you to see stats on your own decisions compared to the average of all other users.
The scenarios there revolve around the self-driving car having a brake failure and needing to decide to either stay on current course or swerve, with potentially lethal consequences being associated with either outcome. Here is one scenario (poll related) that ^Nathan and I viewed differently:
https://i.imgur.com/O5R0ACH.pngThe two options become:
1. The car stays on current course and hits the child who is crossing when he
is not supposed to be in the crosswalk.
2. The car swerves and fatally hits the elderly man who is crossing when he
is supposed/allowed to be in the crosswalk.
What do you think the self-driving car should do? Are there scenarios from the game that would make decision-making more complex for you? For instance, the other scenarios you can play also include aspects of gender, social status, health, animals v. humans, and the number of people in either outcome as points of influence.
You can also use the 'design' feature on
https://www.moralmachine.net/ to create your own scenario (as I have down with the photo above) to see what other PaRD members would do.
I think for purposes of the self-driving cars algorithm, the assumption should be that people are following simple rules, such as not crossing a crosswalk when it is red.
If the child is too young to follow such rules there should be an adult present.
I think ethically, you can not punish an elderly man for simply being elderly, same with rewarding a child simply for being a child.
In order to be completely ethical, you have to take in all aspects of the scenario.
This child is breaking the simple rules, no parent is in sight so the assumption is made that the child is of the cognitive level to understand these rules, while the elderly person is following the rules and has no reasonable expectation of oncoming doom in this situation.
The only possible outcome in my rationale is that the car must continue on course under the assumption that no persons should be in the crosswalk.
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