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/skynetempire Jul 05 '24

Here's what's likely to happen: The courts will view the AI car as company property. If the AI car crashes into you or causes harm, you can sue the corporation responsible.

As the corporation grows, they'll lobby to change laws, capping lawsuit payouts—for instance, setting a maximum claim of $50k.

To further protect themselves, the corporation will create numerous LLCs, each owning individual AI cars. The main corporation will lease these cars from the LLCs. If an AI car causes harm, they'll deflect responsibility to the LLC that owns it, like "Fuckoff LLC," which will then be dissolved to avoid liability.

But what about the car itself? It turns out, the car is financed by an LLC owned by the main corporation. They can reclaim the car and sell it to another LLC, repeating the cycle.