I think about a loved one lost to a moment of human error behind the wheel, and the idea that a fully autonomous system, free of fatigue, distraction, or road rage, could have prevented that gives me real hope for how many lives this could eventually save.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's ongoing investigation into Tesla's Autopilot-related crashes has documented real cases where fully autonomous systems failed to react correctly in edge-case scenarios human drivers instinctively handle, which is why current regulation in most countries still requires a human ready to intervene.