> This means you are sure we are close to automated driving [...]

We already have "automated driving" in some sense. Some cities have fully autonomous taxi services that have operated for a year or more, iirc.

Nah. We're still not that close. Think of it this way, you turn on an appliance at home and it's what, a 0.0001% chance it will explode in your face? Now automated driving, hospitality etc is all more like a 0.1+% chance something goes wrong still. Huge difference.

I don't really take those taxis as a form of solved automation. It's a nice step though.

Why don't robotaxis count?

Because large, money-rich companies and censored usage is not a proving ground. Amazon "trialled" stores that were automated but ended up being humans. Even without the human factor they weren't proof of successful automation of retail.