Self driving can't be compared to generative AI/ChatGPT. Self drivings single mistake can be fatal but if ChatGPT is accurate for 99% of cased that would be good enough.
As depressing as it is, most business is treated as seriously as life-or-death.
Not that they will replace any actual work, but many things don't require actual work.
I did not thought about it, but it's true that if a company employs a truck driver or a surgeon, and if someone dies because of a mistake of this employee, the company is not endangered.
Yet if it uses an AI tool the company may be forced to abandon it, with serious consequences in terms of business.
Maybe that really unfair. In USA on average a driver will be involved in two accidents in their life [0].
In France, my wife had a stroke one year ago, so she was forbidden to drive cars until the next exam.
A few days ago was the time for the dreaded exam, but happily she was reauthorized to drive. The doctor told her "if you know the state of many old drivers, many have undetected visual impairments or Alzheimer disease, yet they still drive".
[0] https://www.statista.com/topics/3708/road-accidents-in-the-u...