Yep, on the money.

It's not too dissimilar from the Figure demo that was done on X/Twitter recently. Everyone was pointing out what a lackluster demo that was and here I was thinking the total opposite, it worked for 8 hours with no sexual harassment training, KPIs, management oversight, breaks or co-worker chatting. That's the worst job it'll likely ever do. We just witnessed the floor of it's capabilities.

My hope/vision with robotic cars is we make cities more human-friendly/accessible. I want revitalized/bustling downtowns of bikes/bodies and not, what some cities are, which are glorified parking lots. I want to be less alone as an american. I would a physical sense of community injected back into my veins.

> Until it gets a software update, that is. The road performance of an average car AI only ever goes up.

Aren't there stories about certain car companies where their self-driving-at-some-level cars got worse after an OTA update?

Tesla's self driving will pull over if it detects the human driver has fallen asleep.

> "No DUI" is a big part of why even the current, flawed and markedly subhuman, self-driving cars casually beat human drivers on road safety.

Citation needed. I have never seen independent analysis of the data. You might be right - I've even suggested similar before. However you might be wrong.