I'm also noticing a lot of comments that boil down to "but it's not smarter than the smartest human". What about the bottom 80% of society, in terms of intelligence or knowledge?

> People still really find it hard to internalize exponential improvement.

I think people find it harder to not extrapolate initial exponential improvement, as evidenced by your comment.

> My immediate thought was always, "Yes, the current version can't, but what about a few weeks or months from now?"

This reasoning explains why every year, full self driving automobiles will be here "next year".