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Originally Posted by TorqueDog
I guess it depends on what you're looking for. The ability of the car to autonomously pilot itself through dynamic traffic situations is what most people tend to be interested in because it involves so many variables. "Is the driver paying attention?" seems less impressive as a feature, although I don't think it needs to be stated how important it is to actually rolling out autonomous driving broadly.
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Ya, this is short term, working with the technology we have. And what we have is technology that needs babysitting. So in that case, if the technology isn't there to remind you to babysit, is it really much of a safety feature?
There have been plentty of studies and articles that show this level of autonomy is dangerous unsueprvised, because we assume it is going to do what we want, and then stop paying attention. In the edge cases it can't handle, it can kill you, or someone else. Full autonomy is a long way off, so we need these other parts of the safety system to work as well as possible.