I'd rather the other cars around me are attentive, polite and robotic. It's better than people looking at their phones.

Maybe if the tech gets better, but right now these systems do not handle unusual or unexpected events well and are basically just a glorified cruise control, yet are marketed as autonomy and encourage people to stop paying attention.

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HPsquared 3 days ago | parent [-]

I mean Waymo et al.

	▲	UniverseHacker 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		Having driven in SF very recently, the current state of Waymo is an obstacle to the smooth flow of traffic. They drive like a hesitant confused person that is worried they just passed their destination but isn't quite sure. However, that is during 100% normal expected conditions on specific stretches of road they're heavily pre-trained on. My concern was more about their ability to adapt to the unexpectedly dangerous and unanticipated situation.