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> There are enough tail events while driving where you can only make "the right decision" if you actually understand what's going on.

I have the feeling this bar disqualifies most human drivers, too.

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Human drivers fail reliably, in ways that are understandable. Non-AGI artificial intelligence based on a mix of heuristics and dumb statistics (aka 'deep learning') will fail in highly unpredictable and to a human eye completely foolish ways. The day these cars are let on the road in my area is the day I start taking the train.

You can predict the driving patterns of drunk human drivers, or humans that have seizures, cardiac, or other critical health events or just fall asleep at the wheel? Quite impressive.

I saw many unexpected driver's action on car crash YouTube channel.

> I have the feeling this bar disqualifies most human drivers, too.

There are plenty of people who wait for road-side assistance for a flat tire. It's arguable that a FSD system may be totally viable without having to solve every eventuality on the road. If it can stop someplace safe and call for help that's the most a lot of humans can manage.

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