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BULLETIN OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN, no.2, pp.68-74, 2018 (ESCI)
In the modern changing world the moral component of people, their moral choice has particular relevance. Some research of the last decades mentioned that the solution of a moral dilemma in a foreign language let us be less emotional and allows to make the more rational choice. "The trolley problem" is an example of a philosophical and moral dilemma in which the person has to make a decision and save someone's lives. People it is rather easy to solve this problem when they are not personally involved in it. What will occur if it is necessary to make a choice and to take responsibility for your action? People tend to make emotional decisions in accidents. If you drive a car with four passengers and child will cross a street, who will you save a baby or your passengers? Participants in most of the cases will choose to sacrifice their lives for younger one but will robot make the same decision? The self-driving car will probably make a different choice. Specialists of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology tried to answer this question and created the moral-machine. The moral machine establishes the situation when you have to choose who to save, where to drive, and how to act. The digital transformation of society requires changes in people mind. We hope that Smart City will bring us to the peaceful and human-friendly world.