The case that I have heard is that the decisions will be taken (or rather have been) by a team of software engineers with problem-fixing methods that are meanin

The case that I have heard is that the decisions will be taken (or rather have been) by a team of software engineers with problem-fixing methods that are meaningfully more efficient at getting the rate of accidents down than someone promising to themselves they’ll drive sober and well rested “next time”. In reality, the problems encountered by cars are fairly classic and predictably where computers can be very good at: computer vision, 3d projection and modeling, project patterns, control loops (stearing vs. drifting). The beginning was expectedly bad, but is it not a stretch to imagine those solvable, just like Moore’s law and expecting cheaper electronics with mass-market “makes sense”.