This is a really important point of view: fully automated cars may not be the best goal in the near term. “NASA’s Apollo moon program had digital, fly-by-wire computers [enabling] more nuanced inclusion of astronauts in the loop rather than automating them out. You see time and again that the most advanced technology is the most flexible.”
Originally shared by IEEE Spectrum
Q&A: Why Autonomous Robot Cars Hail from the 20th Century