""The key question here is whether the relevant technologies have reached a demonstrated level of socially acceptable risk," said Bryant Walker Smith, an assistant professor of law at the University of South Carolina and an expert on the legal aspects of increasing automation. "Developers, regulators and eventually courts will consider how safe is safe enough, how certain is certain enough, and how this performance should be determined, demonstrated, and documented. These are crucial questions of engineering, law, and public policy, and they necessarily involve not only engineers and lawyers but also the public at large.""
- Date Published:10/20/2015
- Original Publication:Product Design & Development