Autonomous cars are becoming a very real thing but if it came down to it and the car was put in a position where it had to kill either the driver or a pedestrian, who does it choose? That's the tunnel problem.

Today we look at the surprisingly long history of self driving cars, the tunnel problem, and who is working on a solution.

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Sources
https://history-computer.com/asimovs-laws-of-robotics-complete-history/

http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2015/07/the-tunnel-problem/

https://robohub.org/if-a-death-by-an-autonomous-car-is-unavoidable-who-should-die-results-from-our-reader-poll/

https://www.wired.com/2014/09/set-the-ethics-robot-car/

https://robohub.org/an-ethical-dilemma-when-robot-cars-must-kill-who-should-pick-the-victim/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_Firebird

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ParkShuttle

https://qz.com/1247033/ai-experts-want-government-algorithms-to-be-studied-like-environmental-hazards/

https://www.titlemax.com/resources/history-of-the-autonomous-car/

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