I take issue with the headline. The fact that crashes still do and will occur even while AutoPilot is on does not mean that AutoPilot is legally or ethically re

I take issue with the headline. The fact that crashes still do and will occur even while AutoPilot is on does not mean that AutoPilot is legally or ethically responsible for the crash, until the system is advertised as a Level 4 system. Only at that point we can look at the accident rate of the L4 system and decide if those accidents are the fault of the autonomy, or if the algorithms could be improved to have avoided an accident that was even another driver's fault. Distracted driving is a leading cause of crashes today, and particularly if you use AutoPilot, you really see the ridiculous numbers of distracted drivers all around you. Many drivers choose to use their phones instead of looking at the road, whether they have AutoPilot or not. It's dangerous in both cases, but less-so if you have AutoPilot on. In either case, in a L2 system, if the car crashes while the driver is on their cell phone, it’s the driver’s fault regardless of whether there was AutoPilot enabled or not.