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Yavandril@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

Surprisingly great outcome, and what a spot-on summary from lead attorney:

“Tesla designed autopilot only for controlled access highways yet deliberately chose not to restrict drivers from using it elsewhere, alongside Elon Musk telling the world Autopilot drove better than humans,” said Brett Schreiber, lead attorney for the plaintiffs. “Tesla’s lies turned our roads into test tracks for their fundamentally flawed technology, putting everyday Americans like Naibel Benavides and Dillon Angulo in harm’s way. Today’s verdict represents justice for Naibel’s tragic death and Dillon’s lifelong injuries, holding Tesla and Musk accountable for propping up the company’s trillion-dollar valuation with self-driving hype at the expense of human lives,” Schreiber said.

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BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Holding them accountable would be jail time. I’m fine with even putting the salesman in jail for this. Who’s gonna sell your vehicles when they know there’s a decent chance of them taking the blame for your shitty tech?

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- AngryRobot@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Don’t you love how corporations can be people when it comes to bribing politicians but not when it comes to consequences for their criminal actions? Interestingly enough, the same is happening to AI…
  
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- viking@infosec.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  You’d have to prove that the salesman said exactly that, and without a record it’s at best a he said / she said situation.
  
  I’d be happy to see Musk jailed though, he’s definitely taunted self driving as fully functional.
  
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haloduder@thelemmy.club ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
We need more people like him in the world.

The bullshit artists have had free reign over useful idiots for too long.

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C1pher@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
You understand that this is only happening because of how Elon lost good graces with Trump right? If they were still “bros” this would have been swept under the rug, since Trumps administration controls most, if not all high judges in the US.

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