system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: If Google's automated cars ever become a thing, how is responsibility divided up in the case of an accident?
gpt
The way it could work is that the car manufacturer or the company that provides the AI would also provide the insurance for the car which would be factored in to the price of the car. Car owners would no longer need to purchase insurance of their own. The determination of which vehicle is at fault would work the same way. If fault fell to an AI controlled car, the AI company's insurance would pay.