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Re:The growing need for human robot-minders could juice the ... by pjc50 on Thursday September 05, 2019 @12:27PM (#20888282)
The point of this would be for two situations:

- awkward roads with cones, tricky parking etc

- high speed collision avoidance where the car transfers legal liability to an offshore contractor immediately before impact

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Re:The growing need for human robot-minders could juice the ... by noonespecial on Thursday September 05, 2019 @01:40PM (#20889074)
I know that's a bit tongue in cheek there but what a fascinating idea. Programmatically transferring liability to different locations or entities that are better able to diffuse the consequences.

Imagine a HFT bidding market like adwords. Guilt as a service. Wonderfully dystopian. Paging Mr. Doctorow....

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