Well just to be clear from a legal perspective, in the case of AI, as long as AI is "property", the owners, developers, and/or users will be held liable for things like the hypothetical fatal car accident that Sussman posits.

Currently, from a legal perspective, AI is considered a "tool" without legal persona. So you sue the developer, the owner, or the user of the AI. (Just kidding, any lawyer worth his/her salt will sue all three! But you get the point.)

Legally speaking, AI will probably be viewed that way for a long time. There are too many issues agitating against viewing it any other way. Owners will not give up property rights. No will to overbear. On and on and on.