2020: When AVs Attack, Who's at Fault?

Robocars will not be accident-free. For regulators who harbor hopes of fostering a future of autonomous vehicles (AVs), this is a political reality that's likely to haunt them. For the public, it's a psychologically untenable prospect, especially if a robocar happens to flatten a loved one. From a technological standpoint, though, this inevitability is the starting point for engineers who want to develop safer AVs. "The safest human driver in the world is the one who never drives," said Jack Weast, Intel's senior principal engineer and Mobileye's vice president for autonomous vehicle standards.