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The ethical dilemma of self-driving cars

Patrick Lin · TED

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Self-driving cars are already cruising the streets today. And while these cars will ultimately be safer and cleaner than their manual counterparts, they can't completely avoid accidents altogether. How should the car be programmed if it encounters an unavoidable accident? Patrick Lin navigates the murky ethics of self-driving cars.

The talk

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TED-Ed
Speaker
Patrick Lin
Year
2015
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Computer science, Philosophy, Art, architecture and design, Teaching and learning
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
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