[devereaux]

Maybe not in the beta, as mentioned in the article where there may have been a risk of imminent collision.

But in the stable version? Yes it should. Your daughter is not more important than say the newborn twins that may be carried by another car that your car is about to hit.

Otherwise, you believe that her existance is worth sacrificing N people over - or hell, even a few million people, and that ain't right.

[kod]

Are you a parent?

[devereaux]

No. I decided not to have kids after realizing it came with the "risk" of making me prioritize their life over the life of many more human beings.

I do not want to alter my utility function to favor people simply based on them having some of my genes, or having been educated by me (so I'm not a teacher either!)

However, there are many wonderful parents out there - I've read some poignant stories about parents who went on with organ donation after their kid had a accident which caused irreversible brain damage. I couldn't picture myself doing that - which is why I was afraid the "risk" would be very real for me.