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Ethics in the Age of AI & The Evolution of the Trolley Problem: Autonomous Vehicle Moral Machine, Utilitarianism vs Deontology, AI Value Alignment, and Robot Ethics

An exhaustive philosophical inquiry into Philippa Foot trolley problem applied to autonomous vehicle crash algorithms: Utilitarianism vs Kantian deontology, MIT Moral Machine 40-million-decision cross-cultural findings, black-box responsibility gaps, German Ethics Commission 20 principles, and Inverse Reinforcement Learning value alignment.

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사냥개 철학 & 인문사상 통찰연구팀

📅 2026-09-10⏱️ 27 min read
Ethics in the Age of AI & The Evolution of the Trolley Problem: Autonomous Vehicle Moral Machine, Utilitarianism vs Deontology, AI Value Alignment, and Robot Ethics
# Ethics in the Age of AI & The Evolution of the Trolley Problem: Moral Machine, Utilitarianism vs Deontology, and Value Alignment

A definitive philosophical monograph analyzing how Philippa Foot's classic 1967 trolley problem has transformed into mission-critical software engineering algorithms for autonomous vehicles and artificial intelligence. Key philosophical and technical themes explored:

  • The transition from theoretical ethical thought experiments to pre-programmed autonomous vehicle crash avoidance code.
  • Philosophical clashes: Utilitarian loss functions (minimizing casualties) versus Kantian deontology (categorical imperative prohibiting treating humans as mere means).
  • Empirical findings of the MIT Moral Machine experiment across 40 million decisions in 233 nations, uncovering deep Western, Eastern, and Southern cultural clusters.
  • The Black Box Problem and the Responsibility Gap in deep learning neural networks.
  • The German Federal Ministry of Transport's world-first 20 ethical guidelines establishing human dignity and strict prohibitions against demographic discrimination in crash algorithms.
  • Stuart Russell's Inverse Reinforcement Learning (IRL) framework for AI value alignment and provably beneficial AI architectures.
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