I highly doubt that. There's a difference in expectations on the safety of the first airplanes versus airplanes for mass consumer daily usage. Or in other words, a matured technology.

If what you think is true, no one would be bothering to explore self driving cars. Once that technology is matured enough, I absolutely expect (and hope) that they reach the same level of safety standards and requirements that airplanes take on.

Safety was always a concern even in the first days, except for the daredevils which exist in every field. The only difference is that nowadays we have more safety exactly because of this mindset. Imagine if people now start to think it is ok to "take risks" with aviation.