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Four myths, busted: a one-minute Short

Four myths, busted
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Four myths, busted in a minute

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Myth

Self-driving cars have to be perfect before they are allowed on roads.

Fact

Nothing on the road is perfect.

The bar is being measurably safer than typical human driving where they operate, and improving.

Myth

In a crash, the car "chooses who to save."

Fact

There is no real-time moral menu.

The design goal is to stay far away from a crash in the first place.

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Once the software is 'done', can a robotaxi drive anywhere?

Myth

It's all far-future science fiction.

Fact

It's already on the road.

Robotaxis carry passengers in several cities, and delivery robots work some neighborhoods.

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Compare AVs to human drivers, not to perfection.
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