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by recursive 3629 days ago
> No matter what algorithm the self driving car is running, it is going to be 100 times safer than you driving the car.

That seems very suspect.

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I think that you highly underestimate how bad humans are at driving.

Being better than a human driver is a very low bar to pass.

Being 100x better than a sober, attentive human is a very high bar to pass.
You're assuming most drivers on the road are attentive.