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Originally Posted by polak
Also how will a computer react when an accident is guaranteed?
I know if I was about crash into a pole or hit a bunch of kids on the sidewalk, I'll hit the pole....
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Would you?
Let's assume that you hitting the kids would kill 3 kids. Hitting the pole kills you.
What do you do?
And yes, these are uncomfortable "what ifs" that need to be addressed when programming the car. But you have to realize that humans make the exact same decisions every day. It's just more uncomfortable when it's immortalized in code.