I think that's largely a correct way to reason about it. And what data we have says that a Tesla on autopilot is safer than a Tesla driven by a human, which is

I think that's largely a correct way to reason about it. And what data we have says that a Tesla on autopilot is safer than a Tesla driven by a human, which is safer than an average vehicle. Both by quite some margin.[1] Tesla publishes this data quarterly. And it's been largely unchanged for years. And yet we still keep having these discussions as if this system "can't be proven safe" or "is presumptively unsafe" despite years of data showing the opposite. It's just getting so tiresome. Where are the accidents if it's unsafe? How are they managing to hide all the bodies? [1] Now, could there be a more rigorous study? Undeniably! But no one has managed to do one, despite this kind of data being readily available (especially to bodies like the NHTSA).