San Francisco raises Tesla 'self-driving' safety concerns as public test nears
I am terrified at the concept of &quot;self-driving&quot; or anything marketed as &quot;self-driving&quot; even if it is really advanced driver assist. When I talk to my engineer friends they are also deeply skeptical.  Maybe its our age (mid 40&#x27;s) or that after dealing with software development for 20+ years you tend to be jaded.  Maybe it&#x27;s that I know that ML based systems have limits based on the training data and it&#x27;s not real deep AI. Maybe its that all the training is done in CA and someone will try to use this software where I live in New England and do it when it is snowing at night on a drive to Vermont and the system will fall apart.<p>I don&#x27;t think we understand the human factors involved and the the hubris that most people will ignore their role in oversight as the software gets more advanced. If the software is 90% effective for most driving people will tune out. Holy crap that is scary.