It&#x27;s entertaining that apparently one of our signifiers of independent personhood is &quot;Can drive a car.&quot;<p>This issue is only confusing to the extent this isn&#x27;t considered.<p>&gt;an algorithm is just another car part<p>Exactly. And the designer is on the hook for negligence in the usual way - but not for malicious, tragic, and&#x2F;or unforseeable circumstances that may lead to death or injury.<p>Finding the boundary between those will keep a lot of lawyers very busy. But I don&#x27;t think we need to start assigning personhood and agency to a steering system just yet.