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The bill is specifically about cars, but the site doesn't make that clear. Here's a better link: https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202320240ab...
The bill is specifically about cars, but the site doesn't make that clear. Here's a better link: https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202320240ab...
thats a different bill from last session.
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It’s your responsibility to ensure that your breaks etc work. Presumably it’s also your responsibility to pick and maintain a working self driving system.
I don’t think it’s that binary. You have some duty to make an effort of maintenance but there can still be accidents that are just technical faults no one is really responsible for.
It’s true in some cases the manufacturer or car mechanic etc is at fault rather than the owner, but it’s difficult to offload responsibility to a 3rd party.
This bill sucks, a developer should never be held accountable for software they work on or produce.
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Vehicles have defects and sometimes the manufacturer is at fault for accidents. The upstream poster is correct. This new law has no relevance to who is liable. It would simply remove "the AI did it" as a valid defense in any case (with whatever exceptions are defined in the existing law referenced).
Like the resale of stolen property. The victim can always just sue you, you may be able to sue the person you got it from.
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Like the resale of stolen property. The victim can always just sue you, you may be able to sue the person you got it from.
You can always be sued, and this may be a difficult defense to make in practice, but drivers are not generally liable for accidents caused by mechanical failure if the cause is manufacturing defect.
However if your tire blows out you’d be expected to demonstrate that you regularly inspect them for ware or damage and there hasn’t been a recall etc. That same level of proactive care is going to be applied to self driving systems.
"A computer can never be held accountable, therefore a computer must never make a management decision" - IBM 1979
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If you’re driving a self-driving car, you can’t blame it on the car.
That wouldn't work anyway. In basically every jurisdiction, operators of vehicles are expected to retain control of the vehicle regardless of self driving status.
This bill sucks, a developer should never be held accountable for software they work on or produce.
That's an insane standard. Your work has real-world consequences, act accordingly.
Not saying it's a bad idea, but it has consequences that I suspect you have not considered.
It's very rare for the people writing the code to have any say in what it does.