Self-Driving Cars Don't Choose Who Dies—They Plan Ahead

They aim to minimize expected harm based on one clear principle: never prioritize one person over another.

They aim to minimize expected harm based on one clear principle: never prioritize one person over another. New 2026 crash data shows real safety gains. (Confidence: Established) The NTSB’s investigation found something far less dramatic.

Key takeaways

• (Confidence: Established for the paper’s math; Probable for my framing of its implications) The moral weight didn’t vanish.
• (Confidence: Established—the data; the leap to “use this as a spec” is where it breaks) It’s not a requirements document, and the authors never…
• Note too what this data doesn’t show: it tracks overall crash rates, not how often true forced-choice dilemmas occur.

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