Jesus Christ. Just think of what those people back in 1994 must have expected from us here in 2022. They would be utterly disappointed, if only they remembered.
Thinking of it, why aren’t self driving cars “let loose” in a - real out virtual - playground environment with an ever increasing amount of complexity, given a bunch of rules and goals (“Do not crash into anything”, “Stay within the lane”, “Do not incur a fine”, etc.)... and then left to figure out the “how” themselves?
Sounds like a much more robust approach than teaching them to emulate human drivers (which is what I think Tesla is doing).