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Message: [QUOTE="TVR27, post: 12054473, member: 264828"] [I]Driverless vehicles are coming as we know. And somebody pointed out…that they will have to make from time to time, ethical decisions. [/I]‘[I]You’re heading towards an accident; it’s going to be fatal. The only solution is to swerve onto the pavement. But there are two pedestrians there. What does the vehicles do? [/I]‘[I]Basically you will have bought a vehicle that must be programmed in certain situations to kill you. And you’ll just have to sit there…and there’s nothing you can do. [/I]‘[I]These driverless vehicles , everybody goes ‘oh aren’t they clever they can stop at red lights’. They are going to have to face all sorts of things like who do I kill now. [/I][Humans][I] are programmed to look after ourselves and these driverless vehicles are going to be programmed to do the maths, and say, lots of people over there, I’m going to kill you.[/I] [/QUOTE]