Its amazing how one person changing political opinion destroyed the widespread faith in "self driving" that existed just a few years ago. 5 years ago, saying "

Its amazing how one person changing political opinion destroyed the widespread faith in "self driving" that existed just a few years ago. 5 years ago, saying "I doubt self driving trucks will destroy the careers of truck driving humans" was enough to get one burned as a luddite. Now, not only can it be admitted that the systems that exist require human help; doubts about them are required in civilized conversation of the subject. Its almost as if the facts of the matter are unrelated to the conversation, and the important point is enforcing tribal signals.