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James Patrick Kelly: What It Means to Be a Car (2023, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom)

An AI car is caught between its ruthless employer and the people she hurt...

When an AI car has to decide whether its owner or its passenger has priority.

An AI car which serves its uploaded owner picks up a visiting passenger. That visit would gradually turn tense as the passenger has a grudge against the owner, and then violent. Events would then put the car into a dilemma, as it tries to serve both its owner and the passenger, which is at odds with its own priorities. Eventually something has to give, and the car must decide which one.