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by Reason077 1793 days ago
> ”I believe this is a case where self driving software should be default illegal until proven safe.”

You have to remember that human drivers are extremely dangerous, and cause millions of deaths and serious, life-changing injuries worldwide every year.

Any regulations that hold back the development of self-driving software would likely be counter-productive. It’s a bit like arguing that we should have held back Covid-19 vaccines because a small number of people had blood clots or heart inflammation.