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  • HungryJerboa@lemmy.catoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldWhelp
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    3 days ago

    I hate how this picture is accurate. American inaction on climate change fucks everyone over. There’s almost no chance of convincing China and India to reduce emissions if the richest country in the world can’t be bothered to lift a finger.

    But hey, maybe this will incentivize Elon to double his efforts on colonizing Mars for the super rich!












  • HungryJerboa@lemmy.catomemes@lemmy.worldThe New Trolley Era
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    6 months ago

    This issue has been explored previously, and with a better example of the trolley problem that centers the ethical dilemma entirely on the autopilot.

    I do agree that in most situations, the driver retains full control over the vehicle, and therefore remains fully responsible, even if there’s a case to be made that the autopilot neglected the safety of others outside the car.

    However, I’d also argue that this example leaves a possibility where fault cannot be assigned to them: If the driver became aware of the hazards at a reasonable time (i.e. spotting the pedestrians just around a sharp bend, rather than 200m down a straightaway), and made every reasonable effort to stop within that time but could not. There are limits to the driver’s responsibility, but the most interesting cases are crashes that the autopilot is capable of preventing (even if the driver reasonably cannot), but fails to do so.