[ExI] Tesla autopilot

[Rafal Smigrodzki]

On Sat, Jan 22, 2022 at 11:00 AM <spike at rainier66.com> wrote:

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> *From:* extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> *On Behalf
> Of *Rafal Smigrodzki via extropy-chat
> *Sent:* Saturday, January 22, 2022 1:13 AM
> *To:* ExI chat list <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>
> *Cc:* Rafal Smigrodzki <rafal.smigrodzki at gmail.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [ExI] Tesla autopilot
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> On Fri, Jan 21, 2022 at 8:35 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <
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> Having a PE license makes me the world's foremost expert on what projects
> I will personally work for.  I wouldn't go anywhere near the place unless
> there was some kind of blanket indemnity for that particular activity,
> where courts or our legal system declared self-driving cars a kind of
> special case where normal tort law doesn't apply.  Should self-driving car
> companies somehow be given blanket immunity, then stock buyers will come
> and controls engineers will come.  I don't expect the lawsuit industry or
> the US legal system to offer such immunity.
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> ### But why would you insist on immunity? If you are insured none of this
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> It's probably impossible for courts to nullify tort law for FSD and why
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> The only situation where the lawsuit industry could substantially affect
> FSD cars would be if juries started awarding large punitive damages in
> cases involving FSD. Otherwise, because of the assumed superior safety
> record of FSD, the relevant insurance premiums would stay well below
> liability premiums for regular driving.
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> Rafal, we need some kind of large scale demonstration project before
> insurance companies will bet on this technology.
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### Tesla is an insurance company and they have all the actuarial data they
need.

I predict that Tesla will at some point release a Level 4 version of FSD to
the general public and offer liability insurance as part of the package. As
I said, as long as juries don't pile on massive punitive damages this
should be quite cheap and also a no-brainer for all FSD buyers.

Rafal
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