Self driving cars are proof that we are headed into a WALL-E like future
How? Are talking about the people being fat? Do you think driving a car is some kind of physical exercise?
I don't really trust the self driving cars. Sure, it's better than the human-driven counterpart, but, software-driven stuff just sounds a bit less safe.
How does it seem less safe than people? Do you know what people do when they drive? Texting, talking on the phone, eating, doing makeup, generally not paying attention. A computer will never do any of that.
Self-driving cars don't have to be perfect. They just have to be better than humans at it.
Which is relatively easy to achieve, since people are terrible at driving. People can only look in one direction at a time, but cameras and other hardware on the car can give software information about everything surrounding it all at once. It'll know almost exactly how much room it will need to get to a complete stop, and decide whether doing that or going with another option is safer. They'll never drive over the speed limit. They'll be a lot better at parking than human beings, too.
