Autonomous Vehicles Have a Problem of Narrative

This has some problems: - Failure rate is high - Even when successful, they're often costly + inefficient - Full autonomy removes humans from being in control (!) - Agentic controls are weak - Security concerns are very real. Autonomy + access to your private data =

We need to decide, for example, when we talk about autonomous cars: whose autonomy are we talking about? What are the broader implications of gaining freedom while losing control? Evolving from a society of private automobile ownership to privatized fleets of self-driving cars will give us back time, won’t it? Or will it? And yes , it will mean lif... See more

But predictions that self-driving “robotaxis” would be ubiquitous by 2020 proved overly optimistic. Autonomous vehicles (AVs), as self-driving cars are known in the industry, can do extraordinary things, such as navigating busy downtown streets and handling complex junctions with multiple traffic lights. But they seem to be stuck in perpetual testi

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the idea here is not to eliminate risk—risk-free projects tend to be incremental. Instead, the goal is to name, quantify, and work steadily to chip away at risk. As a corollary, when presenting an idea for a new project or startup company, be candid about risk—it has the paradoxical effect of making your case more convincing.