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2018·Nature

The Moral Machine Experiment

Awad, E., Dsouza, S., Kim, R., Schulz, J., Henrich, J., Shariff, A., Bonnefon, J. F., & Rahwan, I.

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Abstract

The largest study of moral preferences in AI decision-making, gathering 40 million decisions from people in 233 countries on how autonomous vehicles should resolve ethical dilemmas. Reveals systematic cultural variation in moral reasoning about AI.

Key Findings

  • Moral preferences for AI vary systematically across cultures and regions
  • Three major cultural clusters emerge with distinct moral priorities
  • People consistently prefer saving more lives but disagree on whose lives to prioritize

Source

DOI: 10.1038/s41586-018-0637-6 →

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