May not be “spotless” record but will soon (if not already surpassed) have substantially better records than human drivers. 10x safer will be very hard to say no to.
For Tesla at least:
All the AI learning is shared between all vehicles. They all learn from each other simultaneously. If one encounters a unique situation, it’s flagged and human trainers are involved to quantify & inform all vehicles about it. Each car is capable of driving entirely on its own, but certainly improves with network access.
Go look up Tesla Autonomy Day on YouTube. It’s worth the 4 hour watch to address everyone’s concerns.
Yes, I’m aware of Tesla’s mass learning and pooling of car driving data for training their AI.
You are correct, that currently it is safer, on average, than human driving.
However, I’m concerned about exceptional situations and I want explicit guarantees of liability and decision protocols.
I believe Tesla fails in low visibility situations.