Computers are like political polls and climate models. Only as honest or good as the least honest/capable person who last touched the programming.
Sure, change is coming. I don’t have to like it, and I don’t have to participate until I’m forced to.
Let’s just suppose somebody decided to abuse this... “Yes sir, Mr. President. If you hit that red button, all cars carrying conservatives will lock tight and head for Leavenworth.”
Yeah, that’s crazy, but I bet you can name a couple of people in history who might have used it.
My bigger fear is a glitch. I’ve programmed - even the best software has what I call “phase of the moon” problems. For no other reason than it’s Tuesday and the waning quarter moon was last night, you get an elevator door that won’t close on the third floor, west side of the building...
I’m curious what a driverless car would do in a snowstorm? Or in a whiteout on a freeway?