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Originally Posted by redpoint5
No, not equivalent at all. Tesla owners are adults, not children. That is a legal distinction which places responsibility on the owner.
A better analogy would be a pharmacist explaining how to safely use a prescription drug, and the consumer being responsible for following, or not following those directions. If the consumer harms themselves by deviating from the instruction, then they are solely liable for the outcome.
We don't want to offload responsibility to other parties, because that also offloads freedom. The government should exercise as little control over individuals as possible, and her people should be willing to violently maintain their freedom. North Korea isn't the model of a Utopian society.
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I don't think they're liable for anything, but that doesn't mean they aren't being irresponsible by beta testing their self driving car using consumers on live roadways.
There's good reason other manufacturers aren't marketing any kind of autopilot, even though they have similar sensor hardware and programming. Other systems are intended for intervention, not autonomous operation.
It was a bad idea but Elon wanted media attention to market his product