Could a morality setting be the future of autonomous vehicles?
A driver faces a terrible ethical dilemma: hit a pedestrian in the middle of the road, or swerve out of the way and drive into a brick wall? Humans can make a decision in that split second that is reflective of their personal code of ethics. But what happens when they’re riding in an autonomous vehicle and are not in control of the car? This question was raised at Fortune’s Brainstorm Tech in Aspen, Colo., on Tuesday during a session on finding humanity in artificial intelligence, which addressed the ethical quandaries of the technology.