dream_weasel comments on Tesla’s Autopilot and Full Self-Driving linked to hundreds of crashes, dozens of deaths

[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The answer is the person behind the wheel.

Tesla makes it very clear to the driver they you still have to pay attention and be ready to take over any time. Full self driving engages the in cabin nanny cam to enforce that you pay attention, above and beyond the frequent reminders to apply turning force to the steering wheel.

Now, once Tesla goes Mercedes and says you don't have to pay attention, it's gonna be the company that should step in. I know that's a big old SHOULD, but right now that's not the situation anyway.

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[–] exanime@lemmy.today 6 points 2 years ago

Now, once Tesla goes Mercedes and says you don't have to pay attention, it's gonna be the company that should step in

That doesn't give me warm and fuzzies either... Imagine a poor dude having to fight Mercedes or Testla because he was crippled by a sleeping driver and bad AI... Not even counting the lobbying that would certainly happen to reduce and then eliminate their liability

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[–] AProfessional@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

That’s today because “full self driving” doesn’t exist yet but when it does?

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[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago

There will be legal battles for sure. I don't know how you can argue for anything besides the manufacturer taking responsibility. I don't know how that doesn't end up with auto pilot fatalities treated as a class where there's a lookup table of payouts though. This is the intersection of liability and money/power, so it's functionally uncharted territory at least in the US.

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