Artificial intelligence applied in vehicles has claimed the first victim. Joshua Brown, the owner of a Tesla Model S, 40 and born in Ohio, was killed when his car went under the trailer of a truck on a highway in Florida. According to the lawyer of the truck driver, Brown was watching Harry Potter while the car was on autopilot.
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According to the official record the events occurred last May 7 at 3:40 pm. The truck driver, Frank Baressi, 62 years unhurt, said the car was going at high speed and did not stop. Brown was fond of speed, he had put eight fines for speeding in recent years, according to the Associated Press. Seven in his town of birth, Ohio, and one in Virginia.
The most recent was in northeastern Ohio, in August 2011, while driving at 64 miles per hour (104 kilometers per hour) in an area with a limit of 35 (56 kph).