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I think what further compounds this is that normally responsibility for accidents is 'distributed' across the population. whereas with autonomous driving it's g
by ImprobableTruth 6y ago
I think what further compounds this is that normally responsibility for accidents is 'distributed' across the population. whereas with autonomous driving it's going to be a single/a few companies shouldering it all. Being even responsible even just for 10% of total road fatalities (~4000 deaths per year) would be absolutely ruinous if they're held liable for them.
- ghaff 6y agoThere's (arguably) the limited exception of pharmaceuticals--and, even there, there's a government fund to handle people who get sick or die because of vaccines. But it's hard to otherwise identify products used by consumers that, when maintained and used properly, sometimes randomly kill people and we shrug our shoulders and say "Stuff happens. Still a net benefit to society." We certainly don't do it today in the case of manufacturing or design defects in vehicles.
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- srtjstjsj 6y agoResponsibility for accidents is concentrated in insurance companies. Nothing substantial will change.