I read an article recently on the automatic car business, and there’s one interesting hurdle in the way- lawyers. Assuming such things do get deployed, you end up with difficult questions of liability. Say there’s an accident- who is at fault? Is it the owner? The manufacturer? The programmer? Considering the tort nightmare this country is at the moment, this is a pretty damned big hurdle. I think car makers are pretty skittish about the legal exposure.
Spot on perfect analysis. Perhaps the lawyers will provide a positive service to society yet!