[throwaway76543]

Self driving cars also have prior experiences and a sense of what other drivers are doing and why. That's sort of the point of machine learning.

In fact, they will have a lot more prior experience than any human driver in the world.

[zaarn]

Machine Learning still confuses Elephants for Cats.

While it's quite fun if you pin up a cat dressed up in an elephant costume and surely amuses a few colleagues, a self-driving car is not something that should confuse an Elephant for a Cat.

ML is IMO not reliable enough for use in self-driving cars, in complicated situations the driver should take over.

[throwaway76543]

It's not reliable enough now, sure.

Similarly, my 6 year old is also not reliable enough to pilot a car.

Both will change as they mature.

[Piskvorrr]

Sure, multiple decades sounds about right (as opposed to current confusing statements like "has full self driving capabilities").

[MortenK]

Unfortunately in the realm of machine learning, quantity does not equate quality.

[killjoywashere]

The parent of any teenage driver can also attest to this.

[Retra]

They have a lot more experience driving, but humans do not only use their driving experiences as priors.