Thank you for the mention! These topics are fascinating, I would talk about them for hours....
If they catch my poor driving skills, I hope for my children that one day the cars will all be driven by an AI. Maybe when I'm retired I'll see it too, but the accident you mention (in theory) could never happen in a system of cars all connected to each other.
On the other hand, the person in charge of the 'central brain' could easily prevent you from using the car by pressing a simple button and under any pretext (smog, pandemic, excessive traffic, unpaid taxes...).
The use of AI in recreating loved ones who are no longer there reminds me a little of the TV series Upload, where the conscience of the dead was uploded (and probably in later seasons also downloded into a kind of neutral body) in a virtual universe. A kind of eternal life... I think that would be really creepy...
Who would still want me next to them on the sofa listening to me scream and swear during Juventus matches?
This is another interesting topic - the rules which are programmed into cars. When there's an unavoidable accident, should the car run over the human, or the dog (I believe that the majority chose the human).
I'd forgotten about Upload. I've watched the first 2 seasons - The 1st season was pretty bad but I loved the concept so kept watching. I can't decide if it's good or bad or both. I've just read that they're going to make a season 3 - my guess is that there's more downloading going on (I think the main guy downloaded into a body at the end of season 2, I can't quite remember).
There must be a few people who find your screaming entertaining 😆