“The Nut Behind The Wheel”. For nearly a century, almost impossible to reach, difficult to tighten up, every single one different and mostly just a mystery. Henceforth referred to as “NBW”. For a moment I sat here pondering where car mfg is headed, so much tech added lately, but why? For whom, o…

Yes, computers can make moral choices. You make moral choices based on your instilled morality. In other words, your parents taught you that stealing is wrong. You don’t steal because you have been steeped in the idea that stealing is wrong. To get a computer to make a moral choice about stealing, …

Scrapyard_John: Ok, I’ll rephrase. Computers can’t make moral choices. That is the ultimate goal. The concept of Artificial Intelligence also comes Artificial Morality. SiFi has been dealing with this for decades. In some degree robotics today have certain morality programmed in them. There …

[image] MikeInNH: That’s one simple way of programming morality into machines. You cannot program morality into a machine. You can program predetermined behavior into a machine. Morality is not a construct in a binary world of choices. Hit the school bus headed for you in your lane where you …

[image] Barkydog: You cannot program morality into a machine. You can program predetermined behavior into a machine. Morality is not a construct in a binary world of choices. Is it true morality? No. Is it true Intelligence? No. That’s why it’s called artificial intelligence. You can program…

[image] Barkydog: to many what ifs! And that’s exactly what computers do extremely well. Programming those " IF’S" is the tricky part. But it’s done.

[image] shadowfax: industry was working on implementing moose avoidance in places that have moose There has been a “moose test” used in European car testing for a very long time. In the US, it is known as an emergency double-lane-change test. It tests the cars stability and agility when movin…

Lots of variables. Some that were mentioned would be very rare. But a computer is going to do as programmed. And if the dog is bigger than the child…it makes more sense… I’ll admit, I’m rooting for the human. I like to drive. Go, John Henry! Lol

Wow… I didn’t imagine my early morning post would generate such vibrant discussion… lots of good points being made here… honestly. Not bad for a post generated by an idiot, eh? Of course I did over estimate the ability of the current state of Autonomous vehicles… but you all got the idea… obviousl…

Sorry, couldn’t help it. Snowing out and no work today. [image]

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“To dream the impossible dream . . .” comes to mind. All problems will be solved when humans cease to exist and the buffalo roam free once again. Come heck or high water no humans will be allowed to drive or breathe for the sake of mankind. Onward onward . .

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