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So this is a big, hugely polarizing deal: Tesla has just unleashed the beta version of its so-called \u201cfull self-driving\u201d or \u201cFSD\u201d for short.

Released only to an extremely small, but unknown number of so-called \u201cearly adopter program\u201d (\u201cEAP\u201d) customers, this software update \u2014 2020.40.8.10 \u2014 unleashes the full suite of long promised \u201cself driving\u201d features in an admittedly risky package; so risky, in fact, that the release notes warn that \u201c[i]t may do the wrong thing at the worst time.\u201d

And the Internet has lost its collective minds: on one side of the ever-widening rift are the usual Tesla fanatics praising Elon for this extraordinary (non-?)achievement; on the other are naysayers criticizing him for his blatant ambivalence for, and risk with, human safety.

I argue several points:

First, the data needs to speak: if in fact this proves to be safe, then it should be continue.

Second, we need to do anything we can \u2014 yes, even take more risks \u2014 if it means reducing the number of people killed every day.