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In technological singularity, nothing is beyond repair.
Self-driving cars are already cruising the streets today. And while these cars will ultimately be safer and cleaner than their manual counterparts, they can’t completely avoid accidents altogether. How should the car be programmed if it encounters an unavoidable accident? Patrick Lin navigates the murky ethics of self-driving cars.
QuoteIn technological singularity, nothing is beyond repair.For the umpteenth time, I quote my old navigation instructor:"Always start from where you are. Then you won't get lost before you take off."
We are at a point where there is a practical limit to the amount of repair work we can do to a damaged animal. The ethical problem is a reluctance among lawmakers to accept that humans are animals. In consequence it is an offence to prolong the suffering of any other species, or to shorten the suffering of a human.
Hmm. I wouldn't want to be attacked by a 200 lb flea.
We are at a point where there is a practical limit to the amount of repair work we can do to a damaged animal. The ethical problem is a reluctance among lawmakers to accept that humans are animals. In consequence it is an offence to prolong the suffering of any other species, or to shorten the suffering of a human.One of that practical limit is cost. Are we willing to pay for the cost of brain surgery to safe the life of a stranger?
If we ask a dog do you want your dinner he will very quickly let you know the answer but ask a dog does it want to die and well we no the answer.
What makes it different than chicken or cow?
Quote from: hamdani yusuf on 10/08/2021 07:34:55What makes it different than chicken or cow?No difference it's all about the necessity and humane treatment and kill.
When I worked in remote area, I know some indigenous people that ate feral dogs because they were abundant there. They were caught using baits containing sedative substances.
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixIoDYVfKA0QuoteSelf-driving cars are already cruising the streets today. And while these cars will ultimately be safer and cleaner than their manual counterparts, they can’t completely avoid accidents altogether. How should the car be programmed if it encounters an unavoidable accident? Patrick Lin navigates the murky ethics of self-driving cars.Even with self driving cars, accidents can and will still happen. And their outcome may be determined months or years in advance by programmers or policy makers.
Even with self driving cars, accidents can and will still happen. And their outcome may be determined months or years in advance by programmers or policy makers.
Quote from: hamdani yusuf on 10/08/2021 09:58:18Even with self driving cars, accidents can and will still happen. And their outcome may be determined months or years in advance by programmers or policy makers.Thanks for the video it is very interesting. I have often thought about the randomness of life. Let's say I invited you to stay at my home for a while and you accepted my invite I look after you well and make you feel at home we take a trip down to my town and I buy you a meal you decide to enter a shop that sells lottery tickets and you by one that is drawn that night we see the results on my TV that night and you win two million dollars do you share half with me after all you would have won nothing if it was not for my kind friendship with you?
How did you come up with that number? Obviously you are not the only one who contributed to the winning. There's the shop keeper without whom I couldn't by the ticket. Also my parents who didn't forbid me from buying lottery tickets.
If we went through life thanking everyone who contributed to our being here, now, the world would turn into an unending Oscar ceremony.