September 16, 2023

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Artificial intelligence, now subject to congressional scrutiny and billionaire powwows in recent news stories, is changing everything, it seems, and in ways that may surprise us.

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Perhaps the most noticeable way that A.I. will change how we do things is in transportation.

Autonomous vehicles or self-driving cars and trucks could lead to safer roads, reduced traffic congestion, and increased mobility for people who can’t drive.  However, there are ethical questions to be resolved.

If the choice is to save one pedestrian’s life or four passengers in the car who may be killed or injured if the car goes off the road to avoid impact on the pedestrian, then what is the ethical choice to make?  Is the pedestrian priority number one or the four passengers in the vehicle?  How would an autonomous vehicle make that decision?  And if a pedestrian is hit and injured, then who gets sued?  Is it the autonomous car company, the owner of the autonomous car, or the passengers in the car or truck that get sued?  Also, how good is an autonomous vehicle at following detour signs during road construction or building fires?