Self-driving cars may ultimately save 36,000 lives per year in the US. What do you do emotionally, legally, societally, if self-driving cars still manage to kill, say, 1,000 people per year? No journalist will profile and celebrate each of the 35,000 random men, women, and children who didn’t die that year from car accidents. Even if they did manage to write such a piece, there’s no solace for the loved ones of those who died.
