If a Self-Driving Car Gets in an Accident, Who Is Liable?

This is what gives lawyers a reason to get up and go to work in the mornings: new laws. The self-driving car is gaining acceptance slowly across the country, state by state, but the basic premise of who is actually liable for damage caused by the car in a mishap is still up for debate.

Here's the problem: If we don't define robots as entities with certain legal rights and obligations, we will have a very difficult time using them effectively. And the tool that we have for assigning those things is legal personhood.

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