About whether the commenter would let a car drive itself if it drove better than them.
Has this happened?
Yes 30 (28%)Not sure 20 (18%)No 59 (54%)
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
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About whether the commenter would let a car drive itself if it drove better than them.
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
Yes, but as said, an automated system would need to be almost perfect, which it is nowhere near.
At it's best, and most of the time, an automated system will be a far superior driver than me.
However, coding error and AI hallucination mean I will not touch these systems until extremely proven. And we're at least 10 years from that, if at all.
(note I'm talking about true FSD not the current nonsense. An experience where you can have hands and eyes off the road. With the current nonsense, the novelty is cool, but when that wears off you're just a manager of your car. The worst of both worlds. You have to pay attention to the road and get none of the pleasure of driving. What a fail).