GM and Waymo lead driverless car race, Tesla far behind (arstechnica.com)

For those who care, the report also shows Uber as being far behind - second-to-last in execution, and also lagging behind in strategy.

I'm going to state the obvious: Tesla is far ahead because they don't want people to die because of an AI bug. They're the only ones who are doing the level of testing that can ensure the safety of the system.

Period, full stop. There is no further conversation to be had about this that makes any logical sense: human life is more important than money. Big Detroit has repeatedly proven they put profit over the welfare of their customers.

It doesn't matter who gets it to market first. It only matters who does it right.

I enjoy seeing Ars on the front page, but this isn't a story that deserves our time, imo.