Performative quantification: design choices impact the lessons of empirical surveys about the ethics of autonomous vehicles

H Etienne, F Cova - Social Science Computer Review, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
In recent years, researchers have emphasized the relevance of data about commonsense
moral judgments for ethical decision-making, notably in the context of debates about …

Human decision-making biases in the moral dilemmas of autonomous vehicles

DA Frank, P Chrysochou, P Mitkidis, D Ariely - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
The development of artificial intelligence has led researchers to study the ethical principles
that should guide machine behavior. The challenge in building machine morality based on …

Human decisions in moral dilemmas are largely described by utilitarianism: Virtual car driving study provides guidelines for autonomous driving vehicles

AK Faulhaber, A Dittmer, F Blind, MA Wächter… - … and engineering ethics, 2019 - Springer
Ethical thought experiments such as the trolley dilemma have been investigated extensively
in the past, showing that humans act in utilitarian ways, trying to cause as little overall …

When AI ethics goes astray: A case study of autonomous vehicles

H Etienne - Social science computer review, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
This article discusses the dangers of the Moral Machine (MM) experiment, alerting against
both its uses for normative ends and the whole approach it is built upon to address ethical …

[PDF][PDF] How should autonomous vehicles behave in moral dilemmas? Human judgments reflect abstract moral principles.

D Powell, PW Cheng, MR Waldmann - CogSci, 2016 - derekmpowell.com
Self-driving autonomous vehicles (AVs) have the potential to make the world a safer and
cleaner place. A challenge confronting the development of AVs is how these vehicles should …

Moral machines: perception of moral judgment made by machines

E Awad - 2017 - dspace.mit.edu
While technological development of vehicular autonomy has been progressing rapidly, a
parallel discussion has emerged with regard to the moral implications of a future wherein …

Exploring the human factors in moral dilemmas of autonomous vehicles

MU Shah, U Rehman, F Iqbal, H Ilahi - Personal and Ubiquitous …, 2022 - Springer
Given the widespread popularity of autonomous vehicles (AVs), researchers have been
exploring the ethical implications of AVs. Researchers believe that empirical experiments …

Programming away human rights and responsibilities?“The moral machine experiment” and the need for a more “humane” AV future

M Kochupillai, C Lütge, F Poszler - NanoEthics, 2020 - Springer
Dilemma situations involving the choice of which human life to save in the case of
unavoidable accidents are expected to arise only rarely in the context of autonomous …

The dark side of the 'Moral Machine'and the fallacy of computational ethical decision-making for autonomous vehicles

H Etienne - Law, Innovation and Technology, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
This paper reveals the dangers of the Moral Machine experiment, alerting against both its
uses for normative ends, and the whole approach it is built upon to address ethical issues. It …

Commentary: The social dilemma of autonomous vehicles

R Martin, I Kusev, AJ Cooke, V Baranova… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
An autonomous vehicle (AV) car with 1 passenger (eg, the car owner) inside is traveling
within the speed limit down the road. However, unexpectedly, 10 pedestrians have …