I had thought that AI cars had already on the road in I think Carson, Arizona in a limited test program, maybe operated by Waymo? (Whoops .... not Carson, Nevada ... Chandler, AZ, where a couple big tech firms have real estate.) ((
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/nat...218-story.html)) ((
Ford, Walmart Unveil AV Grocery Delivery Project -))
Waymo and Google and a few others have been running without driver attention (but with a driver) for quite a while. Waymo has a working taxi service---has for two years. The big problem is people who don't like the idea---not the execution, which so far has not be problematical. ((
https://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/w...ne-in-arizona/))
Sure, there are lots of places AVs are not ready to tackle---and sorry to use facts, but several places where they have been operating quite well in limited capacities, thank you.
But, no ... the huge investment everyone from auto manufacturers to software giants have made into AVs only proves they won't happen.
Like some others here, I don't see AV cars as the salvation nor the perdition of anything in particular. I am pretty sure they will be made to work eventually, and pretty much unconcerned either way. I own no stock in any AV company, and I don't see where AVs can do markedly worse than cars with human drivers ... but really, other than posting prejudiced screeds on BF, there is nothing any of us can do but watch and wait.
After all, if man were meant to fly, he'd have wings, right?