Stratman
MB Enthusiast
Imagine a robo-ride is about to crash into either a kid or a bunch of elderly people. It cannot brake in time, nor swerve out of the way. Where should it go? Who should it hit, or rather, who should it spare?
*Thanks to researchers from MIT and Harvard University in the US, University of British Columbia in Canada, and the Université Toulouse Capitole in France, we have an answer, and it's not good news if you're old, poor, male or fat.
*A short and interesting read from The Register, where as per usual the comments are as good as the article itself. As an example, here is the first one;
"In the time a human driver goes OH F*** <bump>...
Your average self-driving car will have time to run face-recognition,
browse thru your credit record & rating on social networks??"
*Thanks to researchers from MIT and Harvard University in the US, University of British Columbia in Canada, and the Université Toulouse Capitole in France, we have an answer, and it's not good news if you're old, poor, male or fat.
*A short and interesting read from The Register, where as per usual the comments are as good as the article itself. As an example, here is the first one;
"In the time a human driver goes OH F*** <bump>...
Your average self-driving car will have time to run face-recognition,
browse thru your credit record & rating on social networks??"