> A self-driving car requiring a driver is not that "self-driving". That seems more like a philosophical issue than engineering at that point. All technology r

> A self-driving car requiring a driver is not that "self-driving". That seems more like a philosophical issue than engineering at that point. All technology requires some amount of monitoring, maintenance and troubleshooting. You don't need to solve every possible weird event happening for automation to be useful. The main two use cases as I understand are: * A qualified driver sits in the car, just doesn't want to drive. They can be asked to assume control any time it's needed. * The vehicle forms part of some sort of large fleet, and can be managed centrally. You'll always want some amount of central control for a fleet. What if the car breaks down? What if somebody else crashes into it? What if somebody tries to steal it?