Adaptive cruise control, tech we've had for what, 20+ years? is more than enough for most highways, it takes out ~80% of the stress/boredom of driving, especially since lane changes are minimal and curves are gentle.

The hard parts of driving (aka not highways) are the real problem, as expected. We solved the easy parts in 2000 and who knows if we'll solve the hard parts by 2050.

You know what would be really nice? Something that detects when it's safe and reasonable to suggest turning on adaptive cruise control so I use it more. Maybe something like detecting I've driven a few miles at a consistent rate of speed above a certain threshold.

The hard parts are definitely the problem, but there are lots of easy wins left on the table too.

I definitely hope your car doesn't put it in some hidden menus on the central screen.

The hard parts are the whole point of autonomy.. the parts so hard that humans still fuck up and kill people. that's the ideal of autonomy imo and short of that its missing the point.

I wish Tesla would celebrate that victory rather than double down on lies.

Is there any evidence that they actually do the easy stuff better than humans? I would want to see it compared with cars of similar age and cost driving on similar roads with similar aged people in control of the vehicle. I'm pretty skeptical that such a comparison would in fact be favourable to Tesla.

I don't know what else to advise people who want evidence. The cars are real things you can experience...

In this case, the effect when the data is separated out is that AP is only marginally safer. When they are combined, it appears to be significantly safer.

I'd say this isn't a case of simpsons paradox at all.