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Old 20th Jun 2019, 18:33
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Originally Posted by Nialler
Someone mentioned earlier the trolley problem. It was apt. Your child is in that field beside the field with ten people. Who decides on the decision to crash into that field with one child? The software design team? The programmer? The manufacturer? The operator? Will these ethical decisions be decided on in committees? Will these have joint liability?
You have been reading too many newspaper articles named “brave pilots were struggling at controls in a desperate attempt to avoid an orphanage”. In real live no one is avoiding anything, just a matter of choosing a place where is more suitable than other, but even that is extremely rare in a real live, usually it is a boring CFIT.
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