alt Hacker NewsThe point is to compare the consequences of more deaths by not using autopilot with deaths by the autopilot.
If you accidentally kill someone with your car, do you think you should have to pay $243m?
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> If you accidentally kill someone with your car, do you think you should have to pay $243m?
If you have billions of dollars, and somehow can't go to prison, yes you should. If not in compensation to the victim, then in some kind of fine scaled to wealth. The amount paid needs to be high enough to be a deterrent to the individual who did wrong.
> If you accidentally kill someone with your car, do you think you should have to pay $243m?
It would be a large portion of my net worth for sure. Maybe also prison time. Can we put Autopilot or Tesla in a prison?
The judgement is only so high because of punitive damages for misleading marketing. Their actual liability for the collision itself is relatively low (and indeed the jury found them only 33% at fault).