> A human and Autopilot working together is safer than just a human driving This is not my understanding from colleagues who studied the human factors of what

> A human and Autopilot working together is safer than just a human driving This is not my understanding from colleagues who studied the human factors of what is now called level 2/3 automation many years ago. Partial automation fell into an "uncanny valley" in which the autopilot was good enough most of the time that it lulled most human participants into a false sense of security and caused more (often simulated) accidents than a human driving alone. Since then I've seen some evidence [1] that with enough experience using an L2 system, operators can increase situational awareness. But overall I wouldn't be surprised if humans with level 2+/3 systems end up causing more fatalities than human operators would alone. That's why I'm relieved to see automakers committing [2] to skipping level 3 entirely. [1] https://www.iihs.org/api/datastoredocument/bibliography/2220 https://www.iihs.org/api/datastoredocument/bibliography/2220 [2] https://driverless.wonderhowto.com/news/waymo-was-right-why-every-car-maker-should-skip-level-3-0178497/ https://driverless.wonderhowto.com/news/waymo-was-right-why-...