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Philosophy

Ethics of Artificial Moral Agents

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In 2016, an autonomous Tesla car crashed into a truck, raising the question of whether the AI or the human driver was responsible. Philosophers still debate who should be held accountable for such 'robot mistakes.'

Why this is interesting

When an autonomous car must choose between hitting a pedestrian or swerving into a wall, who is the moral agent—the car, its programmer, or the owner? Could a machine ever be truly moral?