Author: Patrick Lin
Patrick Lin, PhD, is the director of the Ethics + Emerging Sciences Group at California Polytechnic State University, where he is an associate philosophy professor. He is currently affiliated with Stanford Law School, the University of Notre Dame, and the World Economic Forum. He is the lead editor of Robot Ethics (MIT Press, 2012) and Robot Ethics 2.0 (Oxford University Press, forthcoming in 2017). The statements expressed here are the author’s alone and do not necessarily reflect the views of the aforementioned organizations.
Autopia: The Robot Car of Tomorrow May Just Be Programmed to Hit You
Whatever answer to an ethical dilemma the car industry might lean toward will not be satisfying to everyone.