My Tesla Was Driving Itself Perfectly—Until It Crashed By Raffi Krikorian discusses two important concepts: The combi...

My Tesla Was Driving Itself Perfectly—Until It Crashed By Raffi Krikorian discusses two important concepts: the moral crumple zone – who absorbs the moral/legal liability when there is a problem vigilance decrement – people’s gradual drop in paying attention and spot mistakes, the better a system is at avoiding mistakes The combination of those is at the heart of the challenging legal landscape surrounding self-driving cars. But, this is relevant in lots of contexts where automation and autonomous agents play a role.