[sandworm101]

To a point. There is an inflection when the AI becomes a crutch that allows the human to stop paying attention. Tesla may be at/near this point. For instance: lane assist is great until it causes people to take their hands off the wheel, to stop looking at where they are going. I'd rather see such systems implanted as enforcement mechanisms. Let the AI prevent a car from drifting out of its lane. Let it monitor the lane position and scream at the driver when they start to drift. Don't let the AI become a comfortable crutch that allows the driver to take their mind off the task.

[MattRix]

I agree, driver monitoring should absolutely be a core part of self driving systems. This is something that George Hotz (Comma.ai) is getting right, and Tesla is getting wrong.

The problem is that Elon/Tesla has the hubris to think that their self driving is soon going to be so good they don’t need to worry about driver monitoring, but that’s obviously wrong at this point.