I think the concept is the >>>>>person <<<<< in the car is the responsible agent for control of the vehicle, not the Knight Industries Two Thousand wonder computer.
If a idiot mostly bag of water blunders into the road, and it's reasonable to believe the HUMAN DRIVER could not physically avoid hitting the idiot mostly bag of water because it blundered out from behind an obstruction, there is no culpability to the driver, as long as he/she stops and tries to render aid.
But, if the driver is also an idiot mostly bag of water and is texting, or playing bingo, and NOT PAYING ATTENTION, and kills another idiot mostly bag of water, the driver is criminally negligent. Even if the driver is David Hasselhoff and the car is K.I.T.T.