Where&#x27;s the evidence to support this sentiment? I see it all the time and it looks to me that people just take it on faith that computers will be better.<p>I mean, here on HN, discussions of computing products like phones and operating systems are full of complaints large and small about problems, shortcomings, etc. Are there any programmers here who think their product is bug-free and safely survives all edge cases?<p>There just seems to be a huge mismatch between how people think about computers they use today, and computers they expect to drive their car in the near future. But it all comes out of the same companies and software development processes.<p>I also don&#x27;t think people know the stats on car safety. The injury rate is 75 per 100 million miles traveled. About 35,000 people died from vehicle accidents in 2013. That sounds like a lot, but more people died from the flu, or from falls, than died from cars.<p>I won&#x27;t deny that vehicle travel is dangerous, but the question is why we think computers would be better at it than humans, who are already pretty darn good at it.