Yep, this is it. It's why it's such a shame about the Cruise incident in SF - people act like it's shocking that an autonomous vehicle didn't do the correct thi

Yep, this is it. It's why it's such a shame about the Cruise incident in SF - people act like it's shocking that an autonomous vehicle didn't do the correct thing when a human driven vehicle launched a person into their windshield. Of course it's terrible that the car drove over the person (and unacceptable that Cruise tried to conceal that fact), but in terms of thinking about the safety of the vehicle you really have to ask yourself whether humans would be able to handle that situation well. Would I definitely react in the optimal way if a person hit my windshield? I wouldn't bet on it, and I would say there is a nontrivial likelihood that I would accidentally step on the gas and run over the person. That's just the nature of dealing with a truly one in a million situation that I'm totally unprepared for (just as the autonomous car was totally unprepared for it).