Presumably a car manufacturer would be liable if a safety-critical part malfunctioned, say the brakes. Autopilot is like brakes that the maker says "they usual

Presumably a car manufacturer would be liable if a safety-critical part malfunctioned, say the brakes. Autopilot is like brakes that the maker says "they usually work but no guarantees". A higher autonomy level system would be like brakes that actually are guaranteed to work.