Some of the car makers are trying to answer this question: 'Volvo says it will accept full liability for accidents involving its driverless cars, making it "one of the first" car companies to do so.'
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-34475031 rik. On 9 Jun 2016, 11:33 +1000, David Lochrin<[email protected]>, wrote: > Stephen&Mike raise a really excellent question (below). Only a human can > assume moral or legal responsibility, so who would be responsible for a death > caused by the actions of a vehicle computer? > > Candidates include the pollies who mandated use of the technology, the > executives of the company who developed it, and even individuals who drive > such vehicles. Although it's strictly a legal workaround, perhaps we'd see a > situation where driverless technology was legally quarantined if such a thing > is constitutionally possible. > > Where are you Link lawyers and moral philosophers? > > > On 2016-06-08 22:12 Stephen Loosley wrote: > > > For mine, it'll be a question of the definition of the terms, "work > > reliably." > > > > It's a problem, but, I'd prefer that my driverless car was not programmed > > to automatically kill my family over multiple others. I suspect they will > > be. > > > > For an example think an impending accident on a mountain road between your > > family-filled sedan and a bus-load of 20 school excursion kids? Under > > political correctness for safety purposes which vehicle goes over the side? > > > > If a human driver can see a one-in-a-hundred chance of both the vehicles > > staying on the road they'd take it. But, could our "road worthy" computer? > > > On 2016-06-09 07:37 Mike wrote: > > > My concern is that the driving software etc will become so good that it is > > made mandatory that it be used at all times, no matter what. That there > > will be no option available to the humans involved. And heavy penalties for > > disabling or over-riding the system - assuming that in a non-human > > controlled vehicle it will be possible to disable the system and take over. > > David L > _______________________________________________ > Link mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
