[sokoloff]

The question the article raises is not "should an autonomous vehicle ever use its brakes to avoid an accident?" but rather "in a situation where brakes are insufficient and the controller of the vehicle needs to make a decision about how to weigh the risks to various people, how should those decisions be made?"

[mcv]

That doesn't change the fact that this is a situation that should not occur. When it happens, someone fucked up. Maybe pedestrians are throwing themselves into oncoming traffic, or the car has already made some pretty terrible mistakes.