When you look at technology advancements you don’t always see all the questions that have to be answered. It isn’t always known what will happen when people start using new tech or that all the issues that arise once a product is in the market are thought of. Some are unintended but very positive. Take for example the iPad. No one foresaw how people with special needs would be able to use these for therapy and communication tools. Before the iPad communication devices cost thousands of dollars and had very few apps. Now you can do just about anything. I just saw an article which blew my mind around self-driving cars and what is a scenario which has to be figured out before they can really be let loose on the roads. http://www.technologyreview.com/view/542626/why-self-driving-cars-must-be-programmed-to-kill/
The dilemma is if the car is met with a no win scenario how does it choose the least damaging option. The thought of this is mind boggling! The car much be programmed to figure out the least loss of life. Within the scenario must be some consideration for the both those in the car and those outside of it. What if killing the people in the car is the better choice? This is where in my mind futuristic stories of artificial intelligence gone haywire come up. For pure logic to be applied to this worst case scenario the owners safety must be only one of the options not the primary one. I would have never thought about this but I am glad I am not in charge of figuring this out.