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Can Robots Make Moral Decisions? Should They?
ASIMOV’S LAW
What happens when artificial intelligence has to make tough moral choices—say, a self-driving car that must choose between hitting a child, or a vehicle full of adults?
Joelle Renstrom
Published
Nov. 12 2016
12:01AM EST
Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast
Joelle Renstrom
jrenstro@umich.edu
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