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Tesla braces for its first trial involving Autopilot fatality::Tesla Inc is set to defend itself for the first time at trial against allegations that failure of its Autopilot driver assistant feature led to death, in what will likely be a major test of Chief Executive Elon Musk's assertions about the technology.

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[-] Marsupial@quokk.au 13 points 1 year ago

https://youtu.be/EbmQxZkSswI?si=0lcguQyWQxUggaB5

It’s a joke but a suicide booth isn’t that bad, assisted pain free death is a right everyone should have.

But having it on a street corner for ease of access is pretty fucked

[-] ours@lemmy.film 2 points 1 year ago

And Futurama likes to reference many works of science fiction. Many of these cover the subject of dystopian/utopian societies where suicide is facilitated/promoted/mandated.

Futurama makes at least one direct reference to Soylent Green for one (Soylent Soda).

[-] joel_feila@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago
[-] limelight79@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

It varies from person to person.

[-] AssholeDestroyer@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

The episode where Bender will explode if he says "Ass" is based of a Phillip K Dick short story.

[-] noughtnaut@feddit.dk 1 points 1 year ago

I take it you haven't watched Futurama? For one, the depicted um, procedure looks rather painless-free, but also it fails entirely and the protagonist(s!) step out unscathed.

[-] joel_feila@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

plus you can select clumsy bludgeoning as a method of suicide.

[-] Absolutemehperson@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

When you say "clumsy"... how clumsy? I could go for it.

[-] joel_feila@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I believe it was a wooden mallet just swung around followed by two ice cream scoop that go for the eyes

[-] qyron@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

My country is going through a very disputed approval over legislation for medically assisted death, for incurable conditions.

It was sent to the Constitutional Court three times and twice vetoed by the president, one for political reasons.

The majority of the population supports it.

[-] Marsupial@quokk.au 3 points 1 year ago

Good luck with that. Hope it can alleviate some people’s suffering.

We’ve basically got it all legal in Australia now, last state ratifies their laws in November.

[-] qyron@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

Oh, it's going forward, regardless the president personal dislike (devout catholic) and the cries from the church and religious groups.

[-] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Making it accessalbe on what might be a fleeting impulse would be a huge problem though in the case of futurama style suicide booths.

[-] qyron@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

I remember reading an article about an open sourced 3D printable "suicide pod" anyone could build by themselves.

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