Well in this situation, the hypothetical "you" are held accountable for your choice of automated car. Evaluating which programming group to trust seems like ple

Well in this situation, the hypothetical "you" are held accountable for your choice of automated car. Evaluating which programming group to trust seems like plenty of responsibility to me. Just like every investor is fully aware of all variables when picking a stock, thus fully accountable in case of said stock's crash, correct? I'd agree with the parent commenter: the car company would be responsible, financially. Legally, they would have to recall or disable all instances until a fix is pushed. Human life, in this case, will get a price tag, instead of a (jail) time value, as is mostly the case today.