-
This is what I want to happen, but I feel like the blame/sueing culture could have a heyday with this.
Also, that Volvo is saying their developers are to blame is horrific
yoshy-
Except that Volvo have stated that they as a corporation will take responsibility. They won't be blaming their employees. In the same way that Volvo took an enlightened approach to increased safety across the industry by developing significant safety components without patents, this is a measure that breaks down barriers to developing improved systems throughout the industry. Volvo is probably expecting to take a small hit on short term profitability, long term they'll gain in terms of reputation and in framing development on their terms.
Working for Volvo might be much less fraught than say working for a specialist autonomous vehicle developer with a very different attitude towards blame and responsibility. -
Where does it say they will blame their devs? It just says they will take the blame. Volvo don't exactly have a habit of scapegoating their employees do they? I'm looking at you Volkswagon...
benborp
hippy
Would it not just be an accident? Like a real accident.
The same as if another piece of machinery kills someone. Like a gun misfiring or a gas main explosion.
These things are often rare enough that an inquest can find fault and then fix the issue. The same may become possible with autonomous cars: how much easier for a coroner's inquest to rule that some software needs modifying then for it to rule that all human drivers need to be better at driving.
If there truly is blame to apportion then that can also be done. I'm looking at you here, VW.