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The autonomous car is the future, before that we have no doubt. However, at the same time that new technology is created, new controversies are created, in this case we will talk about the moral of this type of vehicle, or the absence of it. The problem lies in the situation of imminent and unavoidable accident, because the situation may arise that electronics are faced with the vicissitude of choosing between the life (or lives) of the pedestrian (or pedestrians), or that of the pilot, his owner and to whom it is supposedly owed. Mercedes, however, has it clear, when in doubt its autonomous vehicles will have preference over the driver.
According to a recent study from MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), 76% of users would get into an autonomous carHowever, the thing drops radically to 33% when the user is informed that the vehicle is programmed to risk the lives of passengers in exchange for saving ten people. This question arises little by little at the same rate as autonomous vehicles are growing, in fact our colleague Jordi commented that Otto has completed the first 200 consecutive kilometers in one of his trucks.
However, Mercedes leaves no room for doubt, its autonomous cars will always maintain the objective that the passengers of their vehicles remain alive. Therefore, matter closed in this regard, Mercedes autonomous vehicles have the decision made by programming. However, things change with respect to each company, and they continue to work to ensure that autonomous cars are capable of making the best decisions on these issues for themselves.
What do you think? The discussion between the survival of the passenger or the pedestrian It will be a constant until the companies agree on it, leave us your opinion about it.
It should prioritize the life of who does the right thing according to legal and moral standards.
Morality breaks down when life is at stake Mercedez protects his client
Protect the life of the driver, as long as traffic regulations are not infringed.
If to avoid a truck you go to the sidewalk and run over pedestrians, I think Mercedes and the owner of the vehicle will have a murder problem.
If someone jumps onto the road and it is determined that it is better to run over them than to kill others, then it would be an accident.
Being very sincere, I believe that I would not hesitate to save, for example, my children who are in the vehicle with me than pedestrians (obviously I do not think that is the right thing to do).