Artificial Intelligence Has a Morality Problem

If you ever get hit by a self-driving car, it may be my fault. It will not be only my fault, but I may have contributed to your demise. I'm sorry about that.

My contribution to your unfortunate death arrived through playing a round or two at MIT's Moral Machine. MIT is using the machine to "crowdsource" opinions on how self-driving cars should respond to possible moral dilemmas.

The Moral Machine is an interactive version of the Trolley Problem, a thought experiment, an artificial moral conu...