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Sometimes, nobody should be held responsible. It's called an accident.
by awestroke 9y ago
Sometimes, nobody should be held responsible. It's called an accident.
- diggernet 9y agoAnd if nobody is held responsible, there is no risk for a company to put shoddy software on the street.
- ergothus 9y agoAt which point they've crossed the line into a crime, so liability is a crime. These concepts are already in play in other industries that use software on devices that could harm or kill.
- throwaway2048 9y agogood luck proving their software is defective
- da_chicken 9y agoYou mean other than, "Your vehicle software is defective and unsafe and therefore banned for public road use by NHTSA as non-conforming to federal safety standards"?
- diggernet 9y agoIn other words... holding them responsible.
- kevin_thibedeau 9y agoA machine that damages property or causes injury via its own ineptitude is defective, not accidental. Hitting a deer that jumps out from roadside cover is an accident. Plowing over a bicyclist in a well lit environment isn't. There is going to be a lot of the latter with self driving cars.