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A Voting-Based System for Ethical Decision Making
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- We present a general approach to automating ethical decisions, drawing on machine learning and computational social choice. In a nutshell, we propose to learn a model of societal preferences, and, when faced with a specific ethical dilemma at runtime, efficiently aggregate those preferences to identify a desirable choice. We provide a concrete algorithm that instantiates our approach; some of its crucial steps are informed by a new theory of swap-dominance efficient voting rules. Finally, we implement and evaluate a system for ethical decision making in the autonomous vehicle domain, using preference data collected from 1.3 million people through the Moral Machine website.<br />Comment: 25 pages; paper has been reorganized, related work and discussion sections have been expanded
Details
- Database :
- arXiv
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.1709.06692
- Document Type :
- Working Paper