What Should The Self-Driving Car Do?

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Let's say at some point in the not so distant future you're barrelling down the highway in your self driving car and you find yourself boxed in on all sides by other cars, suddenly a large heavy object falls off the in front of you. Your car can't stop in time to avoid the collision so it need to make a decision. go straight and hit the object, Swerve left into an SUV or swerve right into a motorcycle. Should it prioritize your safety by hitting the motorcycle, minimize the danger to other by not swerving even if it means hitting the large object and sacrificing your life, or take the middle ground by hitting the SUV which has a high passenger safety ratio. So what should the self driving car do? If we were driving that boxed in car in manual

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