When it comes to driverless cars, old people and pets are out of luck, finds MIT

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Would you swerve away from a baby to hit a dog?

Millions of people have answered questions posed by MIT's 'Moral Machine', about the ethical decisions that driverless cars will have to make when they reach our roads - and the results don't look ...

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