A public "beta" of a self driving car should lean towards failing safe. I would expect it to have sudden braking issues and be overly conservative. The kind o

A public "beta" of a self driving car should lean towards failing safe. I would expect it to have sudden braking issues and be overly conservative. The kind of bugs we're seeing where obstacles are blatantly ignored make it feel more like an "alpha" release. But hey, we're not designing airplanes here, just thousand pound chunks of metal flying around roads capable of killing people.