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A Driverless Car in China Hit a Pedestrian. Social Media Users Are Siding With the Car (time.com)

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[–] [email protected] -3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

This “experiment” is pure, unadulterated propaganda.

yeah, you didn't get it at all...

What choice do you think most people pick in this instance?

oh hey, you are starting to get it 😂

maybe, when you finally understand what someone is trying to tell you, act less smug, don't try to pretend you just got them, and you will look less like a clown.

the experiment is not about technical details, it is trying to convey the message that "what is the right thing to do" is not as easy to establish as you might think.

because yes, most people will tell you to protect more people at the expense of less, but that usually lasts only until the moment when they are part of the smaller group.

[–] Balex 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

While I do agree that there are scenarios that are very complicated, I feel like this website does a very poor job at showing those. Almost every single scenario they show doesn't make sense at all. Why are there barriers on one side of the road, why does half the crosswalk have a red light while the other half has a green light?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Why are there barriers on one side of the road, why does half the crosswalk have a red light while the other half has a green light?

what, have you never seen a construction on the road? have you never seen a traffic light, that is manually activated?

both of these scenarios are happening on a daily basis in real life.

and they are here so you can think about the decision. is the car occupant's life more valuable than the life of innocent bystander (eh, is bywalker a word)? does that change when one group is bigger in numbers? does it change when one group is obeying law and the other one not?

i have answered basically same question here: https://lemm.ee/post/36643403/13142015