Nature
Published October 24, 2018 13:00 EDT (News release from Nature Research Press)
Results from a worldwide online survey reveal global moral preferences for how driverless cars should decide who to spare in unavoidable accidents. Many shared preferences exist, including sparing the largest number of lives, prioritizing the young, and valuing humans over animals, while ethics vary between different cultures. The findings, based on almost 40 million decisions collected from participants across the globe, may inform discussions around the future development of socially acceptable artificial-intelligence ethics.
Canadian co-author: Azim Shariff, University of British Columbia – shariff@psych.ubc.ca
