Tyre blows, the car starts sweering to the left into the oncoming lane, the computer can either:<p>1) decide that a critical error has occurred and shut down<p>2) apply full brakes on the remaining wheels, sending the car into a spin and killing a group of pedestrians on the pavement.<p>3) let the car continue, smashing into a minivan with a family inside it. The minivan is also auto-controlled but has no time to change course<p>4) try steering further left, hitting the barriers&#x2F;trees, possibly killing its own occupants.<p>Now, situations 2-4 can be simulated before they happen with enough computational power. Therefore, the computer would have to take a conscious&#x2F;programmed decision who to kill, and that is a huge deal morally, because at some point someone somewhere will have to write code that will literally be evaluating value of human life.<p>And before you say that humans would do no better in this situation - that is true, but no one will judge you for a decision you took in the split second you had, you would do what felt right at the time. The computer is programmed a certain way and you can always sue saying that if it did X then person Y would still be alive - and if there&#x27;s one thing that companies fear it&#x27;s litigation.