Trolley Problem

Assess

Techniques

An ethics thought experiment used here as a benchmark-style decision prompt.

Why it's here

Placed in Assess: 1 article(s) of evidence from 1 source(s), led by research-stage coverage, with 1 in the last 30 days. Confidence 24%. Low accumulated evidence, so it defaults conservatively pending more signal.

Evidence (1)

5Hacker News·10/15/2026research
Decision Models Tackle the Trolley Problem
A Hacker News post evaluates Jev, OpenAI’s Decisions API, and several local decision models on variants of the Trolley Problem. The article reports that most models choose to divert the trolley in the classic case, while some prompts reveal sensitivity to wording and self-preservation framing.