Waymo reports 95% fewer serious-injury crashes than human drivers — how safe is safe enough?
PeterDiamandis · x · 2026-11-01
Peter Diamandis cites Waymo's safety data showing 95% fewer serious-injury-or-worse crashes versus matched human benchmarks, and asks the open question: how much safer must a machine be before we trust it with tasks we let error-prone humans do daily? It will never be 100%.
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