[emp_zealoth]

Is it now? Because lack of regulation will not hurt adoption when youll get a completely retarded accident caused by lets say...half blind Tesla lane assist "autopilot" plowing into something at full speed because the obstructiom doesnt take full lane It will take one fucking viral video of something like that

[freyr]

So you say. Autopilot has already been responsible (in part) for at least one death, and hasn't seemed to slow adoption or interest at all. Look at driving itself: there are all sorts of horrible accidents that we see on the side of the road, but we still get behind the wheel every day. People are very willing to accept risk for convenience.

[woofyman]

The real backlash will occur when an autonomous car kills a pedestrian or another driver and the wealthy owner of the autonomous car walks away without a scratch.