On Friday, July 15, 2016 at 5:10:33 PM UTC-7, wrote:
On Friday, July 15, 2016 at 5:49:26 PM UTC-4, palsing wrote:
On Friday, July 15, 2016 at 12:49:27 PM UTC-7, wrote:

... any "expert" who disagrees with me is no expert.

This is exactly what is wrong with you, your super-ego runs rampant.

Ah, quoting out of context, palsing.

Here is what I -actually- wrote:

"We won't really know why the machines will do what they do, or what they will actually do, therefore any "expert" who disagrees with me is no expert."

Yes, and this clearly demonstrates 'exactly' your problem, that being your super-ego running rampant. It is as clear as day. You are superior to all of the hundreds or thousands of engineers working towards perfecting autonomous autos, all one has to do is ask you... because you know better!

Simply put, for your benefit, there are no self-driving cars, therefore there is no experience with self-driving cars, therefore there are no "experts" in self-driving cars. Get it?

What I 'get' is that you tend to make blanket statements without thinking enough about them first. From here..

https://www.google.com/selfdrivingcar/

.... we can read...

"We’ve self-driven more than 1.5 million miles and are currently out on the streets of Mountain View, CA, Austin, TX, Kirkland, WA and Metro Phoenix, AZ.

Our testing fleet includes both modified Lexus SUVs and new prototype vehicles that are designed from the ground up to be fully self-driving. There are test drivers aboard all vehicles for now. We look forward to learning how the community perceives and interacts with us, and uncovering situations that are unique to a fully self-driving vehicle."

So, although they not nearly perfect, there certainly ARE self driving cars now, and there likely to be many more down the road, so to speak. Sure, there are lots and lots of issues to be resolved, and hundreds of millions of test miles yet to be driven. Sure, as mentioned, there are unique situations that need to be uncovered, and sure, I myself would NEVER buy a car that had no steering wheel nor any pedals, but things are going to be very different someday, whether you or I like it or not. I doubt they will ever be able to build a self-driving Big Honkin' Van that can navigate the 4-wheel-drive roads that I currently favor.

You may as well give up on trying to defeat progress just because it is not to your liking. Perhaps you will someday have the honor of being the first person to be run down by an autonomous car, and your name will go down in history.