> all self-driving cars have to do is be a little bit better for net safety to improve.
That's true abstractly but ignores several important real-world factors about the adoption of self-driving cars.
On the one had, autonomous cars have to be a lot better than humans to prevent these sorts of PR trash can fires or they won't be given the opportunity to improve net safety.
On the other hand, people are so bad that we're liable to soon live in a world of autonomous cars, regardless of the effect on net safety.
I hope they can be made safe, because it's vital for the future of our car-obsessed culture. But I don't have as much faith as you.
That's true abstractly but ignores several important real-world factors about the adoption of self-driving cars.
On the one had, autonomous cars have to be a lot better than humans to prevent these sorts of PR trash can fires or they won't be given the opportunity to improve net safety.
On the other hand, people are so bad that we're liable to soon live in a world of autonomous cars, regardless of the effect on net safety.
I hope they can be made safe, because it's vital for the future of our car-obsessed culture. But I don't have as much faith as you.