> Only accident rate per mile driven (compared to human drivers' rate) is a relevant comparison

This is such an insane take I see all the time from self-driving boosters

If a self driving car glitches out and crashes in some edge case pathological scenario we don't just accept that as totally fine because its hidden under big statistics

The reason why a crash happened does matter, its not just about aggregate statistics

As a thought experiment if I have a perfect self driving system but I add some code that purposefully crashes 1 in 10 million rides are you ok riding in it since the aggregate statistics look good?