Andrew J. Hawkins

Each vehicle will operate with a trained test driver at the wheel who is capable of taking manual control at any time. This marks a significant transition from manual data collection to active automated technology testing on public roads.

Full Self-Driving works almost all of the time—Tesla’s fleet of cars with the technology logs millions of miles between serious incidents, by the company’s count. And that’s the problem: We are asking humans to supervise systems designed to make supervision feel pointless. A machine that constantly fails keeps you sharp. A machine that works perfectly needs no oversight. But a machine that works almost perfectly? That’s where the danger lies.