The Greater Good - Mind Field S2 (Ep 1)
Would you reroute a train to run over one person to prevent it from running over five others? In the classic “Trolley Problem” survey, most people say they would. But I wanted to test what...
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[sneezes] Excuse me. You know, if I had been driving, that would've been pretty dangerous. Every time you sneeze, your eyes close for about one second, which means if you sneeze while driving at, say, 70 miles per hour times 5,280 divided by 60 divided by 60, you will travel about 103 feet with your eyes closed. But don't worry. This is a self-driving car. It uses sensors and software to drive itself to keep me and other people safe. I hope. [tires screech] Impressive. But let me ask you a question. What if an autonomous vehicle had to make a choice between hitting two people right in front of it or swerving to avoid them and hit one person on a sidewalk? What should it be programmed to do? [tires screech, car crashes] What would you d...
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[sneezes] Excuse me. You know, if I had been driving, that would've been pretty dangerous. Every time you sneeze, your eyes close for about one second, which means if you sneeze while driving at, say, 70 miles per hour times 5,280 divided by 60 divided by 60, you will travel about 103 feet with your eyes closed. But don't worry. This is a self-driving car. It uses sensors and software to drive itself to keep me and other people safe. I hope. [tires screech] Impressive. But let me ask you a question. What if an autonomous vehicle had to make a choice between hitting two people right in front of it or swerving to avoid them and hit one person on a sidewalk? What should it be programmed to do? [tires screech, car crashes] What would you d...
