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  • Autonomous Systems
  • Ethics in Technology
  • Artificial Intelligence

Background:

  • Rapid advancements in autonomous vehicles (AVs) necessitate ethical frameworks for decision-making.
  • Trolley dilemma scenarios highlight critical life-and-death choices for AVs.
  • Public debate centers on whether AV ethics should be standardized or individualized.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze the societal implications of mandatory ethics settings (MES) versus personal ethics settings (PES) for autonomous cars.
  • To evaluate the potential consequences of allowing individual drivers to choose their AV's ethical programming.
  • To argue for the societal benefit of a uniform ethical approach in autonomous vehicle programming.

Main Methods:

  • Conceptual analysis of ethical frameworks for autonomous vehicles.
  • Exploration of game theory principles, specifically the prisoner's dilemma, applied to AV ethics.
  • Discussion of societal welfare implications under different ethical setting regimes.

Main Results:

  • A personal ethics setting (PES) regime for autonomous cars is likely to lead to a societal prisoner's dilemma.
  • Individual choices in PES may not align with collective well-being or safety.
  • A mandatory ethics setting (MES) could prevent suboptimal outcomes arising from individualistic ethical programming.

Conclusions:

  • Implementing a mandatory ethics setting (MES) for autonomous cars is in society's best interest, despite potential individual reluctance.
  • A system of personal ethics settings (PES) risks creating a detrimental prisoner's dilemma scenario.
  • Standardized ethical programming for autonomous vehicles is crucial for overall societal benefit and safety.