I think making a self driving car that is safe - they are billed as being safer than humans - is part of the problem definition. I could put a brick on my gas pedal and my car will drive autonomously, but I don't think anyone would be willing to give me credit for solving this problem. Clearly there is a threshold somewhere.
I think it's more than an idea when we have self driving cars, they just don't meet our standards for safety yet so they aren't legal on public roads.
I mean, we had airplane flight in 1903. Good chance you'd die if you went up in one for the first decade. But we did have powered flight.
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