What I would want is a button on my car that I can turn self driving on and off. But it has to be fully automated self driving. Meaning I could be asleep or reading or drunk and it would drive me home. If it's a half measure where I have to fully pay attention and be ready to take over if the car blue screens then nah. I understand it would be safer because it would in theory avoid accidents better than I would. But there is zero convenience to a half self driving car.
Plus how much are people really going to pay attention when the car is driving? A bet a lot at first because it would be terrifying. But people adapt quickly and are lazy. So it wouldn't be long before people are only half paying attention when the car is driving anyways. You would become a passenger not a driver. Do you pay the same attention when you are in the passenger seat compared to the drivers? Probably not and especially not all the time.
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