“The horrible truth is that if autonomous driving can save 1+ life, it's better than what we have now” This is not true at all and we have much higher standard

“The horrible truth is that if autonomous driving can save 1+ life, it's better than what we have now” This is not true at all and we have much higher standards than this. This is like saying if a vaccine cures Covid but manages to kill people at a rate slightly less than Covid, we should embrace it.