Debate flares: will robotaxis actually save any lives at all?
mateosfo · x · 2026-10-20
In a reply thread, the author (a Musk critic) flatly claims robot cars "will save precisely zero lives" and says he'd bet any amount of money on it, pushing back against the view that robotaxis will end up safer than human drivers. A typical clash over whether autonomy delivers safety gains.
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