Just seems like a big metaphor for the continued abdication of Self Determination.
Let BigGov or somebody else do all the heavy lifting. Just call me when it's dinner time.
Yeah, makes me uneasy too, what if they are hacked and you go over a cliff or a bridge to no where? I don’t think we will ever see an AI capable of driving a car safely. I know human operators can be flawed but at least a car under human control can make judgement calls much better than a robot or computer. These cars scare me.