I predict:
Before too much longer, new cars will come with an autonomous, “self-driving” mode. In the beginning, at least, this will be an option that drivers can switch on or off.
There will be a great many married couples of “a certain age” in which the wife will want the husband to use the self-driving mode, and he won’t want to. In this way technology will bequeath to us a brand-new source of marital discord — pretty much the last thing anyone needs.
This one’s nowhere near as dire as most of my predictions, I realize, but I make it with high confidence.
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auto pilot bot 1.0 will come with two modes:
male mode: won’t stop and ask for directions
female mode: will complain that you don’t stop and ask for directions
If cars can soon drive and navigate themselves as well as remotely start themselves, I will wait until the car can also pay for itself before leaving the lot!