What AI Takes from Humans, 3: Law—AI Judges Do Not Struggle with the Trolley Problem

The Trolley Problem was a measuring device for anguishThe trolley problem. A runaway trolley is about to kill five people on ...
Forbes

The Moral Dilemma Of Eminent Domain

Eminent domain can be understood through the Trolley Problem, which is a philosophical thought experiment. The government can take private land and property for public use through eminent domain in ...
Phys.org

Trolley dilemma: When it's acceptable to sacrifice one person to save others is informed by culture

Cultural differences play a pivotal role in how people in different parts of the world perceive when it is acceptable to sacrifice one person to save a larger group, new research has shown. An ...
Pacific Standard

A Hands-on Approach to the Trolley Problem

New research finds our moral impulses may vary considerably depending on whether we’re thinking about them, or acting on them. The non-human character played by Ted Danson, who is attempting to ...
The Atlantic

If Buddhist Monks Trained AI

The Harvard psychologist Joshua Greene is an expert in “trolleyology,” the self-effacing way he describes his research into the manifold variations on the “trolley problem.” The basic form of this ...
Pacific Standard

Is the Trolley Problem Derailing the Ethics of Self-Driving Cars?

You’re probably familiar with the dilemma, a favorite of silent films and freshman philosophy courses: A train hurtles along a track, its freight cars rattling ominously in the wind. Up ahead, a ...
Forbes

AI Ethicists Clash Over Real-World Aptness Of The Controversial Trolley Problem, But For Self-Driving Cars It Is The Real Deal

One of the most controversial topics embroiling AI Ethics is the infamous Trolley Problem. Let’s unpack the matter and see what we can reveal. The logical place to start entails clarifying what the ...
Good Men Project

The Trolley Problem and Self-Driving Cars

First posed in the early 20th century, the Trolley Problem is one of the most widely recognized questions in ethics and moral philosophy. The problem asks what a bystander should do upon seeing an ...