Tesla and the ethics of self-driving cars

On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

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🗓️ 3 March 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Self-driving technology has come a long way in recent years, but it remains far from perfect. And that's partially because of decisions made -- not by the cars -- but by programmers. Rebecca Heilweil and Matthew Johnson-Roberson join Meghna Chakrabarti.

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0:33.7	This is on point. I'm Magna Chacro-Bardi.
0:35.7	Okay people, throw your shade. You're rotten tomatoes.
0:40.0	You're media bias accusations at me. If you dare, I do not care.
0:46.1	Because I am standing my ground on one of my most deeply held opinions.
0:51.7	And it is this. Human drivers are terrible.
0:57.3	Te-re-bole.
1:00.2	5.2 million non-fatal crashes, 2.2 million injuries, 38,000 deaths in 2020 alone,
1:07.5	according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
1:11.4	And again, that was for 2020 when road traffic went down for a while because of the pandemic.
1:17.4	Oh, and by the way, to the person who decided to take a high speed right turn on a red while
1:23.1	looking at her phone instead of looking at the crosswalk where my kiddo and I were legally
1:28.2	crossing this morning on the way to school, you are terrible too.
1:35.8	Takes heart though. I mean, you're obviously not alone in your terribleness because that
1:39.4	kind of irresponsible behavior behind the wheel is everywhere.
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