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5 Notre Dame J. on Emerging Tech. [i] (2023-2024)

handle is hein.journals/ndjet5 and id is 1 raw text is: VOLUME 5 September 2022 ISSUE 1 © 2023 William H. Widen ARTICLES AUTOMATED VEHICLES, MORAL HAZARDS & THE AV PROBLEM WILLIAM H. WIDEN INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................... 1 A. Hypothetical Safety Rating Scale .................................3 B. AV Industry Messaging & Regulation ......................5 I. THE SAFETY PROPOSITION................................................ 7 II. APPROACHES TO THE MORAL HAZARD ...............................8 A. Enormous Financial Pressures at Time of Decision ..1o B. High Tech Attitudes Towards Decision Making ........12 III. UTILITARIAN JUSTIFICATIONS ............................................. 13 A. Additional Utilitarian Justifications for Deployment 15 IV. TWO ATIITUDES TOWARDS THE SAFETY PROPOSITION ......... 16 V. THE PIVOT TO EDUCATION ........................................... 23 VI. CHANCE SET-UPS ............................................................. 24 VII. NEURAL NETWORKS, BUDDHIST TEMPLES AND OSTRICHES ..26 VIII. IMPORTANCE OF ALTERNATE TESTING METHODS................ 29 IX. STRUCTURES TO PROMOTE RESPONSIBLE DECISION MAKING30 X. COMPARING THE TROLLEY PROBLEM TO THE AV PROBLEM .. 33 A. The Difference Between a Trolley Case and a Trolley P roblem ........................................................................33 B. Application of a Trolley Case to the AV Problem .......35 C. Bystanders Versus AV Companies.......................... 37 XI. THE NEXT OF KIN QUESTION...............................................38 CONCLUSION..........................................................................................40 POSTSCRIPT ........................................................................................ 43 Individuals and nonprofit institutions may reproduce and distribute copies of this article in any format, at or below cost, for educational purposes, so long as each copy identifies the Author, provides a citation to the Notre Dame Journal on Emerging Technologies, and includes this provision and copyright notice.