{"id":156,"date":"2019-02-04T08:42:30","date_gmt":"2019-02-04T08:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/website.prod.unilu.spikeseed.cloud\/fstm-fr\/news\/ethics-of-autonomous-vehicles-research-and-ethical-challenges\/"},"modified":"2019-02-04T08:42:30","modified_gmt":"2019-02-04T08:42:30","slug":"ethics-of-autonomous-vehicles-research-and-ethical-challenges","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/fstm-fr\/news\/ethics-of-autonomous-vehicles-research-and-ethical-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00ab\u00a0Ethics of Autonomous Vehicles\u00a0\u00bb: research and ethical challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"

The five-day workshop on \u00ab\u00a0Ethics of Autonomous Vehicles\u00a0\u00bb took place from 21 to 25 January 2019 at the University of Luxembourg. The two guest researchers Antonio Biki\u0107 and Adriano Mannino (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit\u00e4t Munich) did impressively show, which research questions we will be confronted in the future with regard to autonomous vehicles and their ethical challenges.<\/p>

In total, more than twenty PhD students from different fields (Computer Science, Engineering, Law, Humanities and Philosophy) participated in the Winter School, which was organised by Christoph Schommer<\/a>, Associate Professor in Artificial Intelligence, CSC (Computer Science and Communications Research Unit), ILIAS Lab.<\/p>

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After an introduction to the workshop topic and the presentation of the resulting focal points of the current ethical debates on autonomous driving, a large number of dilemma situations<\/strong> and various solutions (including the consideration of game theory) were discussed. Against this background, the question arose as to what difference it makes to assign either a value or a dignity to a person in a particular dilemma situation. The precautionary principle<\/strong> of the state was also addressed, as no \u00ab\u00a0technological imperative\u00a0\u00bb can put vehicles on the road without fundamental ethical standards. But this is precisely the point of \u00ab\u00a0philosophy with time limits\u00a0\u00bb, because ethical problems must soon be solved.<\/p>

The second part of the seminar was devoted to the responsibility for damage caused by autonomous vehicles<\/strong>. Are car manufacturers solely responsible for this? Are the passengers to blame? These questions were pursued at one level in connection with the issue of the legal subject.<\/p>

The question arose as to whether it makes sense to speak of an \u00ab\u00a0electronic person\u00a0\u00bb analogous to a \u00ab\u00a0legal person\u00a0\u00bb. The answers to these questions were given during the workshop in close coordination with the state of the art. This was possible because the seminar consisted of an interdisciplinary audience<\/strong>. Such an interdisciplinary approach is certainly necessary in order to continue working towards sustainable legislation on autonomous driving.<\/p>

During the five-day workshop, 14 participants prepared slides and gave a 20-minute presentation on a specific assigned topic on autonomous vehicles.<\/p>

The Winter School will also take place this year at the Technical Universities of Munich and Berlin. Fortunately, the speakers have already confirmed to repeat the Winter School at the University of Luxembourg next year. Further information will follow shortly.<\/p>

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