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Reading from the union of concerned scientists there are ethical issues that will need to be programed into any class five self driving car that haven't as yet been addressed. Like how does the computer determine which human to save when an accident is unavoidable?
These were addressed decades ago. Not resolved, but tech people and philosophers have been talking about things like the
Trolley Problem for decades.
These are difficult, thorny issues; and legislation, legal cases, and public opinion will shape their exploration.
But soon (within 10 years) computer driven cars will be demonstrably safer than human driven cars, and there will be solid evidence of that. At this point ethical considerations will strongly favor self-driving cars.