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This article is by Andrew Ng and Yuanqing Lin.

It started out as an interesting read but then a page filling message popped up complaining about my ad blocker. (I closed the tab then.)

"Reader View" button in firefox does wonders for such pages. Just wait until page loads (don't scroll), click button and you have just one column of text and scripts don't work anymore.
Perfect, thanks! Even after the paywall message has arrived, I can right-click and choose "open in Reader View".
With regard to situations where the car's cameras have difficulty distinguishing the color of the traffic signals when the sun is directly behind overwhelming the traffic light, why not add a different kind of signal intended for cars only rather than equip every car with "better cameras". Same for "wide turns", flammable liquids, etc. Develop a parallel protocol for non human drivers alongside the already existing protocols for humans. Simple but robust transmitters and receivers with fallback to interpreting human protocol in the event of failure.
I'm not sure why the traffic light scenario needs a computer-specific fix; it's tough for people to look into the sun as well.
So... people who want to sell autonomous driving argue that human behavior and the organization of public space should adapt to accommodate the unsolved problems of autonomous driving.

The emotional appeal regarding 3000 deaths every day is a bit cheap considering the fact that many of those deaths are cause exactly by bad attitudes and bad road infrastructure.