Here’s The Relative Risks Of Self-Driving Cars

Dr. Lance Eliot, AI Insider

[Ed. Note: For reader’s interested in Dr. Eliot’s ongoing business analyses about the advent of self-driving cars, see his online Forbes column: https://forbes.com/sites/lanceeliot/]

When you get up in the morning, you are taking a risk.

Who knows what the day ahead has in store for you?

Of course, you were even at risk while sleeping, since an earthquake could occur during your slumber and endanger you, or perhaps a meteor from outer space might plummet to earth and ram into your house.

I’m sorry if mentioning those possibilities will cause you to lose sleep, and please know that the odds of the earthquake occurring are presumably relatively low (depending too on where you live), and the odds of the meteor striking you are even lower.

When referring to risk, it is important to realize that we experience risk throughout our daily lives.

Some people joke that they won’t leave their house because it is too risky to go outside, but this offhand remark overlooks the truth that there is risk while sleeping comfortably inside your home.

I don’t want to seem like a doom-and-gloom person, but my point hopefully is well-taken, namely that the chances of an adverse or…