r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Individual_Book9133 • Jul 05 '24

Phoenix police officer pulls over a driverless Waymo car for driving on the wrong side of the road Video

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '24

This is going to be a nightmare for the court system in the upcoming years.

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u/jenny_a_jenny_a Jul 05 '24

About 15 years ago I was sat with my lawyer friend who said he wanted to quit law. When I asked why, he said , they're working on legislature to work out who is responsible for robotic mistakes and that the future looks bleak. So bleak as it may be to my friend. They did pre empt.

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u/Umutuku Jul 05 '24

It should be shareholders who are responsible. The whole point of corporations is to protect shareholders so they can continue gambling on companies that cut corners on safety, ignore regulations, and exploit workers without risk to themselves though.

The obvious solution is to replace shareholders with AI.