Researchers are debating whether teaching self-driving cars to break the law from time to time might actually make them better.
Ah… sorta like how they programmed wind turbines illegally chop up endangered eagles.
Researchers are debating whether teaching self-driving cars to break the law from time to time might actually make them better.
Ah… sorta like how they programmed wind turbines illegally chop up endangered eagles.
What is interesting, about this debate, is that it becomes clear that nobody can drive safely without, at some point, being in violation of the driving laws instituted to make driving safe. While the laws are necessary to most extents and purposes it is obvious that they have to, in practice, be mostly viewed as guidelines and that the discernment and discretion of the driver is more important to safe driving than anything the government might dictate and create punishments for violating.
@1: Two more examples off the top of my head — creeping beyond a poorly-placed stop sign in order to gain an unobstructed view of crossing traffic, and passing some jerk (even on a yellow line) if his or her driving is so hazardous that it would be worse to continue following him or her.
“teaching self-driving cars to break the law from time to time”
Probably just a Mazdameanor.
If it’s the car’s fault, maybe the Lessee can plead to a Lessor charge.
Or maybe the car will get lucky and get a driverless-auto judge who reverses himself.
“teaching self-driving cars to break the law from time to time”
This is where they went wrong with the Hillary Model.
Only “undocumented” self driving cars will be allowed to break the law, and self driving bicycles of course.
So Asimov’s Laws were never really a possibility. Just ‘feel good’ boilerplate.