The Lose-Lose Ethics of Testing Self-Driving Cars in Public

March 23, 2018

(Wired) – So now is the time to ask, even if it feels a bit late: How, exactly do we feel about unleashing this tech on public streets, inflicting it on people without their consent or even knowledge? What responsibilities does a government have to protect me and you and everyone we know as we live inside this science experiment? Sure, autonomous vehicles need to test and collect data from the real world, where they’ll encounter the strange and very human things lab simulators couldn’t imagine. But how did I get roped into this?