Good stuff, SFBadge... I looked at Riffraft's link but it was right after it occurred and didn't seem to have all that contextual information.
So that's good (obviously bad for that woman) that this wasn't actually a "driverless car" failure, in that it should have been handled by the safety driver because some features had been disabled.
I still think the point stands. Nobody other than Tesla is claiming Level 5 autonomy in the near future. But Tesla is talking about the robotaxis going live next year and removing steering wheels within 2 years. Which is just fantasy as far as I'm concerned.
I look forward to the autonomous car future as well. Hell, i drink. Never having to worry about a DD would make life easier. But even beyond that, my chivalrous nature leads me to be the almost 100% sole driver on basically every road trip I go on with my wife. I don't mind it, but it'd be FAR more enjoyable to let the car handle it instead of me wasting my energy and concentration on it.
I just think that everyone is engaging in hype like this is going to be here next weekend, when it's--at best--5 to 10 years out.