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The whole thing goes wrong off the bat with this guy's concept of "bad information". The tires try to follow road grooves, the tires tell you this, you adjust and compensate through inputs. To this engineer, that's a bad thing, and instead of providing information to the driver he's asking the car to make a decision for you while excluding you from the conversation--apply steering input for you and eliminate you from the equation. This is the root of why "feel" and "feedback" are horrible in modern BMW EPS--the car intentionally removes information from the driver, makes decisions for the driver with no input or information provided to the driver.
Just because the steering is pointed in a direction doesn't mean that's where the tires want to go. Knowing where the tires are going and doing and having that feeling is a huge part of the driving experience. Eliminate that and you end up with numb disconnected steering. Precise? Perhaps. Communicative and honest? No. The car is hiding things and more or less lying to you.
When the car eliminates you from the dance of actually driving then you're just a passenger at best and something to be ignored or not considered at worst. No thanks.
It doesn't have to be that way. As another poster noted the 991 GT3 is nothing like that. It's just as good if not better than my MZ4 and E36 M3's feel and communication. More like the MZ4 in quickness though. It doesn't force you to feel every single pebble in the road and yet it doesn't decide to eliminate key information from your hands. It dances with you and treats you like a driver not a passenger. It's honest.
What's even more frightening in this article is the supposition that most mainstream drivers would prefer to be disconnected and removed from the driving experience. There's going to be a huge market for self driving appliances at that rate. And if it's a self driving appliance what's the difference if there's a BMW badge or a Hyundai a badge? Where's the brand distinction, heart, value? A blender is a blender.
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