Driverless cars became a reality in 2017 and hardly anyone noticed

On November 7, Waymo announced it would begin regularly testing fully driverless cars–without a safety driver–on public roads. It was a momentous announcement. A technology that had seemed like science fiction a decade earlier became a reality. And the announcement was greeted with a yawn by much of the media and the public–if they noticed at all.

Timothy B. Lee

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