Should autonomous vehicles be programmed to make decisions that prioritize the lives of their passengers over pedestrians in unavoidable accident scenarios?
Women's Reservation Bill 2023 provides 33% reservation for women in state legislature and parliament. The main aim is to empower women through political representation in Indian society. Major challenges in implementing the Women's Reservation Bill: The primary challenge is Delimitation which is a pRead more
Women’s Reservation Bill 2023 provides 33% reservation for women in state legislature and parliament. The main aim is to empower women through political representation in Indian society.
Major challenges in implementing the Women’s Reservation Bill:
The primary challenge is Delimitation which is a process of redrawing the boundaries of both parliament and state legislative assemblies. This process is done every few years after taking the census to ensure that no delegates are under-represented or overrepresented. The main concern in delimitation is that it is based on population parameters. It may end up with more seats occupied by northern states like Uttar Pradesh. Despite contributing 35% of GDP, southern states like Kerala will occupy less number of seats in parliament.
The other challenge is the Triple Test which was suggested by both the Government and supreme court mandatorily before OBC reservation in local bodies. The process of the triple test is so long. However, it does not apply to political reservations for SC/STs under Article 334. It applies only in the case of quota for Government employment. Also, the women’s reservation bill could continue the existing gender disparities in society. Regarding the participation of women in Rajya Sabha and important committees were not discussed in this bill. This could be a bigger challenge.
These challenges need to be addressed to implement a women’s reservation bill acceptably.
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Programmers should not program autonomous vehicles to prioritize the lives of their passengers over other pedestrians in inevitable accident situations. Why- -Ethical Concerns: Prioritizing passengers is morally wrong. It is creating a system in which some lives are devalued compared to others, whicRead more
Programmers should not program autonomous vehicles to prioritize the lives of their passengers over other pedestrians in inevitable accident situations. Why-
-Ethical Concerns: Prioritizing passengers is morally wrong. It is creating a system in which some lives are devalued compared to others, which is a terrible and unjust concept.
-Societal Impact: Such a system would undermine public trust in autonomous vehicles. People would not want to use them if they knew they might be sacrificed in an accident. This could severely hinder the development and adoption of this potentially life-saving technology.
-Legal Ramifications: Programming vehicles to prioritize passengers could have severe legal consequences for manufacturers and developers. It could lead to lawsuits and potentially criminal charges.
-Alternative Solutions: In the absence of passenger safety as the guiding principle, self-driving cars would be programmed to:
1. Reduce damage as much as possible.
2. Avoid collisions through state-of-the-art sensors and predictive models.
-In the event that an accident cannot be avoided, the car would attempt to minimize damage as much as it can, independent of the persons’ identity.
The goal is to make totally safe, self-sufficient automobiles for everyone, not just passengers.
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