Mingis on Tech: Forget killer robots; a self-driving car could get you, too

Here's the scenario: It's 2022 and you're cruising along in your new self-driving car when it swings around a curve and bears down on a dozen people right in front of you on the road. If it swerves to save them, you die. If it saves you, well, it doesn't look good for the unlucky dozen.

What's the autonomous car supposed to do? And who gets to decide -- you, the car manufacturer, some software coder or the feds? 

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