Conflicting Moral Codes for Self-Driving Cars: The Single Car Case

Ahmed Ibrahim, Yasmin Mansy, Nourhan Ehab, Amr Elmougy

2023

Abstract

There has been incremental advances in the development of self-driving cars. However, there are still several gaps that must be filled before a fully autonomous vehicle can be achieved. The ability to resolve conflicts in the event of an unavoidable accident is one of the most prominent and crucial aspects of a self-driving car that is currently absent. To address this gap, this paper aims to resolve moral conflicts in self-driving cars in the case of an unavoidable accidents. Assuming we have a predefined rule set that specifies how a car should morally react, any clash between these rules could result in a critical conflict. In this paper, we propose a novel procedure to resolve such conflicts by combining the Thomas Kilmann conflict resolution model together with decision trees. Evaluation results showcase that our proposed procedure excels in distinct ways, enabling the self-driving car to make a decision that will yield the best moral outcome in conflicting scenarios.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Ibrahim A., Mansy Y., Ehab N. and Elmougy A. (2023). Conflicting Moral Codes for Self-Driving Cars: The Single Car Case. In Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 1: ICAART, ISBN 978-989-758-623-1, pages 249-256. DOI: 10.5220/0011677500003393

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icaart23,
author={Ahmed Ibrahim and Yasmin Mansy and Nourhan Ehab and Amr Elmougy},
title={Conflicting Moral Codes for Self-Driving Cars: The Single Car Case},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 1: ICAART,},
year={2023},
pages={249-256},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0011677500003393},
isbn={978-989-758-623-1},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 1: ICAART,
TI - Conflicting Moral Codes for Self-Driving Cars: The Single Car Case
SN - 978-989-758-623-1
AU - Ibrahim A.
AU - Mansy Y.
AU - Ehab N.
AU - Elmougy A.
PY - 2023
SP - 249
EP - 256
DO - 10.5220/0011677500003393