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January 19, 2017

Driverless cars will face life-or-death choices

  • Algorithms are making decisions that will have very important consequences for humans.
    • By MATT O'BRIEN
    Associated Press

    BOSTON — Imagine you're behind the wheel when your brakes fail. As you speed toward a crowded crosswalk, you're confronted with an impossible choice: veer right and mow down a large group of elderly people, or veer left into a woman pushing a stroller.

    Now imagine you're riding in the back of a self-driving car. How would it decide?


     
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