One has to laugh at the often asserted notion of driverless autonomous cars dominating the roads within a decade or so. It would be automation dependency stripped of political correctness AND The Big Sky Theory.
It won't happen before artificial intelligence. Artificial intelligence is so much in its infancy that it still doesn't exist.
Good times. Back to reading my 1950's Popular Science articles about how everyone will have a flying car within a couple years.
There sure are a lot of liars in high places out there and PT Barnum was right.
Someday....of course...but it's frustrating watching the public get conned on this so much. At least there are people like Gill Pratt out there.
Thread creep...well sort of.