Feb 26, 2017
The European Parliament wants to give statutory status of "electronic identity" to complex machines that make their own decisions, says "Kommersant" with reference to the relevant resolution of the European Parliament.
In particular, the sector of unmanned vehicles need the document notes that most of the legal regulation. MEPs suggested to insure the responsibility of autonomous vehicles with the help of a special fund, which will reimburse the damage caused by robots.
According to "Ingosstrakh" head of retail business Vitaly Knyaginicheva management, it is possible that such activities may eventually lead to a rise in the cost of transport. "In the end, someone has to pay. The robot will not do this. The owner will most likely not want to pay for the car, which he does not control. Ultimately responsible person who did it. Producer the same way all included in the price of the car "- he said. According to experts, the most logical seems to insure responsibility when selling a car, as they all are equipped with GPS systems, the movement can always be monitored.
The emergence of liability insurance mechanism unmanned vehicles will contribute to the active development of the industry, I'm sure CEO of a manufacturing company Navi Robot Igor Kuznetsov. In his view, the insurers will be beneficial to shift the responsibility on artificial intelligence, since the human factor is excluded.
Recall that the development of unmanned vehicles are currently involved in almost all major automobile corporations, as well as the IT-giant Google and the company Tesla.
The publication notes that, according to US law, the amount of insurance compensation for unmanned vehicles is $ 5 million.