content: Sees things, yes, but reacts much faster; it's why we think that the Tesla "predicts" the crashes. The greatest benefit to having an AI drive your car is the sheer speed at which it can detect, decide, and react to a situation.  Even when we - humans - know that something will happen soon, we still take 1-2 seconds to react.  At high speeds, every second counts. When the road is full of them, stop-and-go traffic will be a thing of the past; unless some goob decides that he wants to open'er up and take advantage of the "safety first" programming of the AI.  He could then go around cutting off every AI car before he gets hit by someone driving manual. Heh.  I just realized that when someone in the future will say that they drive manual, it will probably mean a whole different thing than it does now.