>>could a computer really do a worse job than the vast majority of the people you see around you? no, I thought not.
Yes, a computer could do worse. Unless, of course, you took away peoples freedom to drive a car. Then, all the cars could get in a well-ordered line and wait their turn. We could get where we are going in a very average period of time with no benefits to accumulating skills or learning to work traffic efficiently.
So, the computer wins as long as we are content to trudge forward, in good order, as expected of us by our betters.
After all, no one REALLY needs to drive their own car. It’s not like the Founding Fathers envisioned a day when sedans would have 300 horsepower! Operating your own vehicle has no legitimate transportation purpose.
I like to drive my vehicles for no particular purpose fairly frequently.