Merk,
I think they can eliminate throttle position, absolute manifold and other sensors.
I didnt like it at first in my truck. I actually remember hating back to when I read in Motor Trend BMW was using it in their high revving M3.
Now, lets see.
Electric steering, check
ABS, check
Hill assist, check (for manual drivers)
Now, accident avoidance maneuvers and the like and this stuff is nowhere near as subtle than lane management or traction control. This is JohnnyCab stuff on Mars.
Truth be told, just ask the racers, we prbobably haven't been doing as much of the driving as we thought we were doing in quite a few years.
Did it all start with the CDI in a carbureted engine and a collar on some wild bird we found in nature to check and see how far they would travel after being released back into the wild?