The autonomous machine should be brought to court and be allowed to defend itself before any judgement is passed. They should be allowed access to legal aid eve

The autonomous machine should be brought to court and be allowed to defend itself before any judgement is passed. They should be allowed access to legal aid even a pro deo counsel. It is not impossible actually for a legal system - that over time has passed judgement to witches, dogs donkeys, used torture to extract confessions and in some parts of the world demands its high priests to wear funny clothes and wigs - to be modified to suit the new circumstances. In the meantime if you developing software for automating trains, aircraft or heavy construction machinery get plenty of Professional Idemnity Insurance. If you developing software for drones, missiles or nukes don't worry, there will be nobody alive to sue you if something goes wrong!