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> they have cameras to see and a computer to do rigorous processing. We can compare this to a human, who uses their vision to perceive the outside world while driving

My phone also has cameras and a processor. Are you implying that my phone is as equipped to drive a car as a human?

A monkey has eyes, a brain, arms and legs. Are you implying that a monkey is as equipped to drive a car as a human?

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I'd say the monkey has most of the hardware but not the software, analogously. As for the phone, right I was assuming the cars have enough processing power and memory to do the necessary processing. But granted they haven't exemplified full self-driving on their current hardware, I will have to concede that we do not know how much processing and power are needed to be truly self-driving. For all we know, that last 10% of self-driving capability may require an exponential increase in the amount of processing required.

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