On one hand I understand that it is a monumental advance in technology.
On the other hand a computer can recognize a unique face from pretty far.
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Good self-driving cars can likely outperform a large majority of human drivers in good conditions. The other parts that it doesn’t get right too well (by not being able to think like a human can) can cause *massive* problems when you’re driving around large vehicles in unpredictable environments.
They also can work even better when they can communicate with the cars around them as a sort of “hive mind” (warning of traffic conditions ahead, emergency vehicles, etc). With such few (by total percentage) self-driving cars running on the road, this “hive mind” doesn’t work too well.
Add in less predictable drivers (humans instead of “hive mind” from above) to throw a few wrenches in there and it’ll be awhile before a majority of self-driving is approved for wide enough usage to overcome some of the above issues.
Road conditions can cause issues too – any significant amount of snow can very much disable self-driving because the car can’t see a road at all, whereas a human can estimate where the road should be to make it through when necessary.
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