Disclaimer, I work for GM, not on SDC; anything expressed here is solely my opinion. I think SDCs (self driving cars) are great, and will be available in some

Disclaimer, I work for GM, not on SDC; anything expressed here is solely my opinion. I think SDCs (self driving cars) are great, and will be available in some capacity in the very near future, BUT I think we are at least one more paradigm change away from the dream of SDC. Take for instance liability. It seems quite likely that manufacturers will want to disclaim liability for SDCs. It is easy to see the roots of that in current driver assist features. They are very careful to call out in the documentation (if not in the naming and presentation) that the human driving is responsible for safety. If this liability was not an issue, SDCs in hands-off, eyes-off, brains-off mode would be available today, right now. So how will the paradigm of liability change? Or will it?