In the not-too-distant future, the autonomous vehicles and artificially-intelligent systems in our society will have access to real-time information about everything and everyone around them, including each other. There will be a thing often called “car-to-car” (V2V) communication which will be a hive-mind system of conditions and other information which will be utilized by all vehicles to make routing decisions (based on things like traffic, weather), as well as emergency situations.
- Or a working age adult vs. a mom and a stroller (economic considerations in the decision)?
- What if Volvo makes a different decision in its algorithmic decision tree than does, say, BMW, or Ford?
- What if the pedestrian had been convicted of raping a 9-year-old?
etc.
etc.
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- What if there is only 1 occupant, but 4 pedestrians? (The "greater good" view here kills the car passenger).
- What if there are 4 occupants, but 1 pedestrian? (The "greater good" view here kills the pedestrian).
- But, the pedestrian usually always has the right of way. But is it worth killing 4 people over
- What if the pedestrian is a child vs. a retiree?
Imagine this: A car is driving down the street, and a situation arises where there are multiple (say 7) people crossing the road without looking, and the only way to save them is to maneuver the car into possible self-destruction (e.g. veer into a concrete wall very fast).
What is the decision? Save the passenger(s) of the car by hitting the unlawful/negligent pedestrians (a much lower probability of harm to the passengers than a wall), or save the pedestrians and probably kill the occupants?
Future-shock Check-in: Algorithmic Morality
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There is an active discussion in many fields about developing a global standard of autonomous ethics and morality.
The end is to create a shared, global, industry standard on how autonomous and artificial intelligence makes algorithmic decisions.
The simple and imminent example: The problem of the self-driving car in emergency "no-win" situations. A car will have, engineered into it, the ability to decide life and death in lose-lose situations.
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@[email protected] And furthermore. Me restricting what countries I allow to access MY SERVER is completely up to ME.
You don't have a birth-right that grants you access to privately funded servers on the internet.
It's not infringing on your 'freedom of speech' or 1st Amendment.
And claiming people here are 'racist' because I block adversarial nations is fucking ridiculous.
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Where else do you report a bug, and literally watch it get eradicated realtime within minutes?
The same place that trolls and asshats envy the lifespan of mayflies.
That's right.
Here. 😜
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@azuregris it's not an ad, and it only shows once per-day, per-IP (if I remember correctly). It's easy enough to close, and plays no sound. And it pushes for people to fight for net neutrality. I'm failing to see the issue here.
It still saddens me that we lost Chris this year.
For those that don't "get it" yet about net neutrality.
This isn't a partisan issue: 75% of Republicans and 83% of all voters (regardless of affiliation/non-affiliation) oppose what the FCC did yesterday.
It is a gift to large corporate donors (read: Comcast, Verizon, ATT, TWC, and mega content providers) who want to segment the Internet into paywalls.
It has already happened in other countries with less voter power. Now they want to replicate that model here.
Using Amazon Prime Now to provide assisting goods to homeless.
And the light shone a little brighter thereafter...
The thrill of it.
The paw of Shiba-san.
https://counter.social/media/t4SNCu-JO1bC3jtOK-s
Sheesh - I guess someone dropped their burrito at Chipotle.
https://counter.social/media/lgdw77I86A8PmwBiVtM
Google Maps StreetView guy turns into a "UFO" when over Area 51.
Dow breaks 24,000 for the first time, 20 minutes later the weight of all those corporate profits in Delaware causes earthquake (where a vast majority of corporations are formed).
https://counter.social/media/piLfX5-cXBJH5pb2a-k
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