FiveThirtyEight did a really great piece (much better written and more reasonable than this article) expanding on what you identify as the problem: http://fivet

FiveThirtyEight did a really great piece (much better written and more reasonable than this article) expanding on what you identify as the problem: http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/no-technology-not-even-teslas-autopilot-can-be-completely-safe/ http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/no-technology-not-even-t... In short: as automation is better able to handle easy-to-predict scenarios, that increasingly leaves only rare, complex scenarios for the humans to deal with which, by definition, they are far worse at handling.