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Ethical Considerations for Vehicle Automation Systems
J. Christian GerdesProfessor of Mechanical Engineering and, by courtesy, of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Director, Revs Program at Stanford and Center for Automotive Research at Stanford
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What should the car do?
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Workshop at Stanford University, June 5 2015
Professor Patrick LinPhilosophyCalifornia Polytechnic University
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Ethics is a process, not a module
Are we programming ethical decisions or ethically programming?
Professor Shannon VallorPhilosophySanta Clara University
Professor John SullinsPhilosophySonoma State University
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SAFETY
MO
BIL
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LEG
ALITY
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Break the law?
Wait all day?
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Obey the speed limit?Even when merging?
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1st Person versus 3rd Person Ethics
Professor Debra SatzPhilosophyStanford University
Professor Erin MacDonaldMechanical EngineeringStanford University
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Traffic is a social dance
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Lessons from other disciplines
Professor Mykel KochenderferAeronautics and AstronauticsStanford University
Dr. Noah Goodall Virginia Center for Transportation Innovation and Research
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Philosophers and Engineers Working Together!
Map philosophical concepts to programming constructs
– Deontological ethics to constraints
– Consequentialism to cost functions
Can balance objectives using a model predictive control framework
– But what weights do we use?
Moral laws modeled analogously to physical laws
– A parallel suggested by Immanuel Kant
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Where Can I Find More?
Chapters by conference alumni including:Eva FraedrichThomas Gasser Chris GerdesBarbara LenzPatrick Lin Bryant Walker SmithStephen Wu
Just Search ‘Springer Autonomes Fahren’Free through Open Access!
About 25% in English, full translation coming
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