Earlier this week I was over at a friend's house. My friend was looking up a website that takes user input on what they feel is ethical in a disastrous situation from the perspective of an out of control automobile. The readings and lectures in this class have both spent time discussing how objective some ethics standards truly can be, and how a particular stance on an ethical issue can entail skewed consumer results when it comes to the release of a product. In this case, a car.
There were about five people in the room and my friend began to propose scenarios where you would have to decide who you would save if you were the car. Right from the start, it was clear that there was going to be a heavy differing of opinions on specific scenarios. As more events began to show the differing of opinions on these types of scenarios, I began to think that the stances people have on these issues each has their own personal bias in their own way. As AI and automobiles continue to advance, who are we going to leave judgement on these issues up to?
From my very small sample size of my friends in a room, I was able to see that different people approach situations of chaos differently. This got me thinking that as a plethora of car manufacturers in the world exist, the only way to establish some type of common ground for what types of decisions these cars will make is to establish an overarching standard board for car manufacturers. Otherwise, the sake of civilians is going to be left up to the particular motifs that each respective manufacturer has in mind. I think models that can be looked at as reference are things such as modern day standard boards for technology and programming languages. Certain standards are what are known as "undefined standards" and those decisions are left up to the specific makers of the software/technology. But there are certain universal standards that all makers of the software/technology must adhere by.
I think an adoption of this type of standard board could prove to be ethical and essential for self driving cars moving forward and I personally believe it may be the best way to maximize the amount of lives saved in the event of malfunctioning automobile software.
While you make some interesting points here, I don't see precisely how they're grounded in the readings. I would've rather liked to hear about the specific details of maybe one of these scenarios, a connection to the readings, and more specific examples of how these overarching models would be defined and implemented.
ReplyDeleteSome visuals and outside links would also be nice to break up the text. Some proofreading might also help, you use "objective" in the first paragraph where I think you must mean "subjective".
Hi, you have an interesting take on automobile technology. You mention the readings and lecture in the first paragraph but you should be much more explicit with what readings you are deriving from as well as the connection your topic has with the reading. The title and the intro paragraph did not really have a hook. Finally, some images will help engage the reader.
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ReplyDeleteI really liked the introduction to your article and how you tied that up with the main idea. It was a great read, but I couldn't really make the connection with the readings from the class and I feel if you add that, it would be more efficient to get the idea across. Also, maybe adding a few pictures would enhance the blog. Additionally, you could replace "I think" with "I feel" to show more emphasis on your point
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