TED AFYON COLLEGE / 10-B
Laws On Digital Ethics : Who Is Guilty When A Self- Driving Car Has An Accident ?
Batuhan ULUKÜTÜK
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Artificial intelligence instruments and technologies that lead us to new and different lifestyles , which are among the problems that will emerge as a result of the technological advances , steer us to a fundamental principle of humanity : justice . In this regard , the most feasible solution seems to be the concept of digital law .
Nowadays technology has improved faster than we anticipated and suddenly impelled us to an utterly different world and way of life . Ultimately all artificial elements will be replaced by the new procedures and practices . But , of course , what all these instruments serve to is the mankind , which is at the heart of all technological advances . In this way , several conscientious and spiritual senses peculiar to humans will not disappear in any case ; however , they will have to keep pace with new circumstances .
Our topic is the most essential sense of them all : justice . We must search for the answers to the questions in digital law such as “ Is the way that virtual media and AIs are following while they developing rampantly in compliance with ethics ?” or “ Which authority shall be accounted for problems caused by these ?”. These proceedings should be handled with “ the ability to pass fair judgment ”, which is too humanistic a trait to be left in the hands of sheer technology . Accordingly , I think that it must be real-living people who provide this justice . Considering the example in the title ; the self-driving car that hits a pedestrian has no real faculty to defend itself – which , I think , is good so