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Understanding the engineering mindset behind a Tesla begins with the windshield wipers. Or rather, the control that makes them automatic. Many cars have automatic wipers, Tesla just has one of the worst systems. It doesn’t work very well and that fact is well documented on Twitter. Solutions exist to upgrade Tesla’s automatic wipers so they […]
As driverless cars, or Autonomous Vehicles (“AVs”) get closer to becoming a reality on our highways and city streets, questions arise about the ethical programming of these cars. Specifically, how will an AV be programmed to respond in a situation in which it knows an accident is unavoidable?
With the introduction and growth of Driverless Cars (or Autonomous Vehicles) a pressing ethical question has arisen over how to program these cars in situations that will clearly result in an unavoidable collision. Faced with the choice of saving the “driver” (or the occupants of the vehicle) by plowing into a group of pedestrians, or sacrificing the occupants for the greater good, should the AV be programmed to save as many lives as possible?
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