trolley problem
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Ex Machina's Scientific Advisor - Murray Shanahan
Y Combinator
A thought experiment in ethics discussing a forced choice between two undesirable outcomes, used as an analogy for complex moral dilemmas.
Rodney Brooks: Robotics | Lex Fridman Podcast #217
Lex Fridman
A thought experiment in ethics that highlights the dilemma of sacrificing one to save many, applied to autonomous vehicle decision-making.
Michael Schur — Lessons from "The Office" and SNL, Moral Philosophy, Storytelling, and More
Tim Ferriss
A classic ethical thought experiment, featured in an episode of The Good Place and appreciated by Tim Ferriss for its accessibility.
Eric Schmidt — The Promises and Perils of AI, the Future of Warfare, Profound Revolutions, and More
Tim Ferriss
A philosophical thought experiment concerning utilitarian ethics, relevant to programming ethical decision-making into autonomous vehicles.
Michael Littman: Reinforcement Learning and the Future of AI | Lex Fridman Podcast #144
Lex Fridman
A classic ethical thought experiment used to examine human moral systems, particularly in the context of autonomous vehicles.
David Chalmers: The Hard Problem of Consciousness | Lex Fridman Podcast #69
Lex Fridman
A classic ethical thought experiment used to illustrate dilemmas of moral choice, adapted into a 'zombie trolley problem' to discuss moral status and consciousness.
The Drowning Child Problem
Sam Harris
A famous thought experiment in moral philosophy that presents a dilemma involving a runaway train and a choice between acting or not acting, with different outcomes for a small or large group of people.
MIT AGI: Artificial General Intelligence
Lex Fridman
A classic ethical thought experiment discussed in the context of the 'Ethical Car' project, which explores how machine learning systems can incorporate human life into their objective functions.
Alain de Botton Interview
Tim Ferriss
A classic ethical thought experiment, used as an example of an 'irrelevant' freshman seminar topic that is becoming relevant with AI and autonomous cars.
Chris Urmson: Self-Driving Cars at Aurora, Google, CMU, and DARPA | Lex Fridman Podcast #28
Lex Fridman
A philosophical thought experiment about ethics and decision-making in unavoidable accident scenarios, often misapplied to autonomous vehicle dilemmas.