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Re:Tesla loses U.S. designation for some advanced safety fea... by imoverclocked on Thursday May 27, 2021 @04:51PM (#27308367)
> a self-driving car really only needs to be better than the worst humans to be an improvement

I think this is false because varying abilities of people will use the autopilot, not just the worst. The autopilot needs to be better than average for an overall improvement. I think it needs to be much better than average to be compelling enough for most people to adopt it. Most people consider themselves to be good drivers, even with sufficient evidence to the contrary.

Re:Tesla loses U.S. designation for some advanced safety fea... by jfrunyon on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @10:55PM (#27364266)
> I think this is false because varying abilities of people will use the autopilot, not just the worst.

That depends entirely on how effective it is and what incentives/disincentives there are (i.e. subsidies, taxes, insurance), which will itself depend on how effective it is.