Depends what you consider short term. Do you expect autonomous cars to get to human level in all conditions in the next 5 years? 10? 25? Most likely computers

Depends what you consider short term. Do you expect autonomous cars to get to human level in all conditions in the next 5 years? 10? 25? Most likely computers will become far better than humans at some point. But it may be far enough in the future that it doesn’t really contradict the point made above. Contrary to popular belief, “640K should be enough” isn’t the kind of statement meant to cover all eternity.