The Moral Machine: Is It Moral?

摘要

Many recent studies have been proposing, discussing and investigating moral decisions in scenarios of imminent accident involving Autonomous Vehicles (AV). Those studies investigate people's expectations about the best decisions the AVs should make when some life needs to be sacrificed to save other ones. A recent research found those preferences have strong ties to the respondents' cultural traits. The present position paper questions the importance and the real value of those discussions. It also argues about their morality. Finally, an approach based on risk-oriented decision making is discussed as an alternative way to tackle those situations framed as 'moral dilemmas' under the light of safety engineering.