Lumifer comments on [LINK] Utilitarian self-driving cars? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Lumifer 14 May 2014 03:02:12PM 1 point [-]

Hello, trolley problem :-)

Comment author: Oscar_Cunningham 14 May 2014 04:29:12PM 0 points [-]

The car may face a trolley problem, but designing the algorithm isn't one.

Comment author: Lumifer 14 May 2014 04:52:27PM 4 points [-]

Designing the algorithm necessitates providing a (note: a) solution to the trolley problem.

The car, not being an AI, doesn't actually face any problems.