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The very human problem with not-quite-self-driving cars
The better an automated system performs, the more complacent – and dangerous – we become.
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Even Waymo, the company that is furthest ahead, still only has self-driving taxis in a handful of US cities, says the writer.
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Sarah O’Connor
As I climbed under the kitchen table with my five-year-old this weekend, she explained that we were in a car, but, “it can drive itself, so we can just relax, OK?” We settled down for a pretend nap on the way to the pretend beach.
I didn’t tell her that grown-ups are really struggling to turn this vision into reality. Even Waymo, the company that is furthest ahead, still only has self-driving taxis in a handful of US cities.
