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Unread 08-05-2014, 11:01
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Re: What does everyone think ? Are the cars unethical?

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Originally Posted by DonRotolo View Post
Anyway, back to autonomous cars: Although arguable, insurance would just make the 'operator' of the car responsible (even if they weren't touching the controls). Putting responsibility on the manufacturer will guarantee we'll never see an autonomous car. That's like putting the responsibility for a cut hand on the knife manufacturer...
This is one of the very many reasons that our current legal system is not ready for mass automation of tasks previously handled by humans. The only reasonable way to handle the risk of a mass-automated transportation system is to distribute the cost to everyone using the system. But this would be dreaded "big government," and is unfeasible until we see major social changes.

The change will come, though. Current beliefs about ownership, responsibility, and the proper role of government and whatnot will pretty clearly fall apart once most menial tasks are mechanized.
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