> The odd thing is that even a randomly stupid AI for self driving is statistically safer than most drivers. Under sunny highway conditions? Perhaps. In a night

> The odd thing is that even a randomly stupid AI for self driving is statistically safer than most drivers. Under sunny highway conditions? Perhaps. In a night snowstorm? Probably yes - because the AI would be at the side of the road waiting for the human to drive. I think self driving is a typical 80/20 problem. We won't have "full" self driving because the costs are exponential for each step closer to it. But driving on 80% of roads on 80% of days, with supervision? That could happen. But that said: we won't accept AI that just makes traffic safer "on average". I'm fine with human shortcomings causing accidents. People will not accept car manufacturers cutting corners and causing accidents, even if statistically it's safer. So the very high bar for self driving isn't just "as safe as humans".