the autonomous car's job is to protect society from bad drivers. Interestingly, this is the same argument a class action lawsuit against Tesla is making. ht

the autonomous car's job is to protect society from bad drivers. Interestingly, this is the same argument a class action lawsuit against Tesla is making. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/04/tesla-says-there-is-no-legal-duty-to-design-a-failsafe-car/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/04/tesla-says-there... The suit claims that the Model S and Model X are defectively designed and that Tesla did not "develop and implement computer algorithms that would eliminate the danger of full throttle acceleration into fixed objects" even if caused by human error. Right now a Tesla vehicle will let you override the computer, even if that means driving through a wall. https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Teslapic1.png https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Tesla... Depending on how the lawsuit turns out, that may change.