Could Autonomous Vehicles Become Accidental Autonomous Moral Machines?

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Abstract

In this paper, I make two controversial claims. First, autonomous vehicles are de facto moral machines by building their decision architecture on necessary risk quantification and second, that in doing so they are inadequate moral machines. Moreover, this moral inadequacy presents significant risks to society. The paper engages with some of the key concepts in Autonomous Vehicle decisionality literature to reframe the problem of moral machine for Autonomous Vehicles. This is defended as a necessary step to access the meta questions that underlie Autonomous vehicles as machines making high value decisions regarding human welfare and life.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCulturally Sustainable Social Robotics - Proceedings of Robophilosophy 2020
EditorsMarco Norskov, Johanna Seibt, Oliver Santiago Quick
PublisherIOS Press BV
Pages563-569
Number of pages7
ISBN (Electronic)9781643681542
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Dec 2020
Event4th Conference on Robophilosophy 2020: Culturally Sustainable Social Robotics - Virtual, Online, Denmark
Duration: 18 Aug 202021 Aug 2020

Publication series

NameFrontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications
Volume335
ISSN (Print)0922-6389
ISSN (Electronic)1879-8314

Conference

Conference4th Conference on Robophilosophy 2020: Culturally Sustainable Social Robotics
Country/TerritoryDenmark
CityVirtual, Online
Period18/08/2021/08/20

Keywords

  • Artificial intelligence
  • autonomous vehicles
  • frame problem
  • moral machines

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