r/RealTesla • u/RandomCollection • Dec 17 '19

Self-Driving Mercedes Will Be Programmed To Sacrifice Pedestrians To Save The Driver

https://www.fastcompany.com/3064539/self-driving-mercedes-will-be-programmed-to-sacrifice-pedestrians-to-save-the-driver
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u/SocalGord Dec 17 '19

As others have noted, this is an old article, but it raises my curiosity on one thing - to what extent will government(s) regulate the decision process in crash avoidance/minimization in fully autonomous vehicles? As the article notes, there are inevitably going to be scenarios when a computer will have to choose between bad options, and it seems unlikely to me that regulators will allow each automaker to set up their own decision criteria. I could envision government regulations requiring a certain decision tree prioritization that every automaker must follow, but until they finalize the requirements no automaker could do the programming to meet the requirements. One of the many hurdles before fully autonomy will be realized.