Mindel isn&#x27;t saying full automation can&#x27;t or shouldn&#x27;t happen for cars.  His point is empirical and cautionary: usually when we get excited about automating X, it turns out that X is better with some human supervision.  It&#x27;s not really a contentious claim. I think many proponents of self-driving cars would be ok with some human input – steering wheels, changing routes, feedback on driving performance, etc