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by Spivak 654 days ago
The auto manufacturer, as they're the entity actually operating the vehicle. You can absolve yourself of responsibility with enough legalese "self-driving doesn't work, it will kill your kitten, you're responsible when you plow though a Denny's" but it doesn't make it right. Mercedes is taking liability, it's possible.

You have no control over how your car's self-driving operates, you can take over control but that doesn't mean you're driving. You're the passenger in one of those student-driver cars, you might have your own steering wheel and brake but it doesn't make you the driver. The life-guard isn't the swimmer.

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> The auto manufacturer, as they're the entity actually operating the vehicle.

Not at level 2 they are not. At level 2 the driver is in control. FSD is level 2.

The Mercedes system you are talking about is level 3.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-driving_car

> Honda was the first manufacturer to sell an SAE Level 3 car,[12][13][14] followed by Mercedes-Benz in 2023.[

Mercedes is confident in their system, that's the difference