I find this to be an interesting point. I'd reckon the laws wouldn't change.
Pilots, who fly with autopilot still have to be attentive to potential failures within the system. I find it really fascinating that we'd hold cars to lesser scrutiny, because if these cars show up in the marketplace, and thousands or accidents are blamed on them, they could be set back by years, or worse, banned.
Cars have the obvious advantage of being on the ground, so if something goes wrong there would presumably be fail safes to pull the car over to the side of the road instead of plummeting to the ground.
Pilots, who fly with autopilot still have to be attentive to potential failures within the system. I find it really fascinating that we'd hold cars to lesser scrutiny, because if these cars show up in the marketplace, and thousands or accidents are blamed on them, they could be set back by years, or worse, banned.