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Ethics and Governance of Artificial Intelligence Reading Group

“Tesla’s Self-Driving System Cleared in Deadly Crash” by Neal E. Boudette (New York Times, 2017)

This article describes the outcome of an investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot mode following a deadly collision in May 2016. In instances where human drivers have contributed to the behavior of autonomous vehicle systems, how should liability be distributed between the human and the system?