Self-driving cars beat humans on safety already. This holds for Waymos and Teslas both.
They get into less accidents, mile for mile and road type for road type, and the ones they get into trend towards less severe. Why?
Because self-driving cars don't drink and drive.
This is the critical safety edge a machine holds over a human. A top tier human driver in the top shape outperforms this generation of car AIs. But a car AI outperforms the bottom of the barrel human driver - the driver who might be tired, distracted and under influence.
They get into less accidents, mile for mile and road type for road type, and the ones they get into trend towards less severe. Why?
Because self-driving cars don't drink and drive.
This is the critical safety edge a machine holds over a human. A top tier human driver in the top shape outperforms this generation of car AIs. But a car AI outperforms the bottom of the barrel human driver - the driver who might be tired, distracted and under influence.