The Trolley Problem
04/04/23 • 44 min
In this episode, we examine the thought experiment "The Trolley Problem" which the show "The Good Place," season 2, episode 6 did a lovely job elucidating.
I use a real-world event to illustrate how the Trolley Problem applies to daily living and how any of use could find themselves in the unenviable position of making a life and death choice, often with little to no warning and little time to think.
https://eriksdialogs.blogspot.com/
In this episode, we examine the thought experiment "The Trolley Problem" which the show "The Good Place," season 2, episode 6 did a lovely job elucidating.
I use a real-world event to illustrate how the Trolley Problem applies to daily living and how any of use could find themselves in the unenviable position of making a life and death choice, often with little to no warning and little time to think.
https://eriksdialogs.blogspot.com/
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In episode 4, I ask ChatGPT about the history of the U.S., in particular about its policies regarding Native American and formerly enslaved populations.
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Erik's Dialogs with ChatGPT - The Trolley Problem
Transcript
ERIK INTRO
Hello! Welcome to episode 5 of Erik’s Dialogs with ChatGPT. I’m Erik Lassi and this is a dialog with the AI language model, ChatGPT.
This week’s episode is about the philosophical thought problem known as the trolley problem. The fundamental form of the trolley problem forces someone to make a quick decision between 5 people dying or just 1 person dying by being run over by a trolley. You cannot avoid someone being killed. But, I would like to illustrate in this dialog
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