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Waymo Pulled Its Cars From the Freeway After One Fled Police With Horrified Couple on Board (futurism.com)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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"This is it. We're dead. We're going to die right here in the Waymo."

This combined with another recent article from some insiders at Tesla saying, along the lines, "You couldn't pay me to let one of these things drive me somewhere."

And yet I still know people who are just so chuffed about "never having to drive again."

EDIT: Comments have pointed out that this story is, at best, overblown and semi-fabricated otherwise. Take it with a massive grain of salt. But feel free to discuss self-driving, waymo, etc in the comments!

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[โ€“] 16 points 5 months ago (4 children)

I'm sure Waymo's lawyers would argue that a simple software update would make the "driver" an entirely new entity, and thus free from the fines and incarceration. You're raising some interesting legal questions that we'd have to figure out

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  • [โ€“] 22 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    By that logic, I would not legally be the same person as I would be tomorrow since my brain would not have an identical cellular structure as it does today.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 5 months ago*

    The software? Sure let it not be liable. What does the software own? Now, should the c suite be held responsible? Hell yes. Liability belongs to the corporation and don't let them off the hook for their actions.

    Unfortunately the legal theory behind holding executives responsible (is valid and) has never really been tried. They passed a law, hoped everyone would forget about it, everyone did, and business went back to usual.

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