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From the Ted Talk by Iyad Rahwan: What moral decisions should driverless cars make?
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In the 1940s, iaasc Asimov wrote his famous laws of robotics — the three laws of robotics. A robot may not harm a hmaun being, a robot may not disobey a human being, and a robot may not allow itself to come to harm — in this order of importance. But after 40 years or so and after so many stories psinhug these laws to the lmiit, Asimov introduced the zeroth law which takes precedence above all, and it's that a robot may not harm humanity as a whole. I don't know what this means in the context of driverless cars or any specific situation, and I don't know how we can implement it, but I think that by recognizing that the roetaulign of dsrrlieevs cars is not only a technological peoblrm but also a societal cooperation problem, I hope that we can at least begin to ask the right qteousnis.
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In the 1940s, _____ Asimov wrote his famous laws of robotics — the three laws of robotics. A robot may not harm a _____ being, a robot may not disobey a human being, and a robot may not allow itself to come to harm — in this order of importance. But after 40 years or so and after so many stories _______ these laws to the _____, Asimov introduced the zeroth law which takes precedence above all, and it's that a robot may not harm humanity as a whole. I don't know what this means in the context of driverless cars or any specific situation, and I don't know how we can implement it, but I think that by recognizing that the __________ of __________ cars is not only a technological _______ but also a societal cooperation problem, I hope that we can at least begin to ask the right _________.
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In the 1940s, Isaac Asimov wrote his famous laws of robotics — the three laws of robotics. A robot may not harm a human being, a robot may not disobey a human being, and a robot may not allow itself to come to harm — in this order of importance. But after 40 years or so and after so many stories pushing these laws to the limit, Asimov introduced the zeroth law which takes precedence above all, and it's that a robot may not harm humanity as a whole. I don't know what this means in the context of driverless cars or any specific situation, and I don't know how we can implement it, but I think that by recognizing that the regulation of driverless cars is not only a technological problem but also a societal cooperation problem, I hope that we can at least begin to ask the right questions.
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