Patient Zero Assessing the first case in a predicted autonomy epidemic

摘要

I've finally done it. I've been driven in a car that assumed full responsibility for my safety, freeing me to watch TV on the center screen or do nearly anything that leaves my head facing forward and my eyes open. The Audi A8 chauffeuring me featured Traffic Jam Pilot, billed as the world's first true SAE Level 3 autonomous driving system. The technical achievement was probably inevitable; getting a corporate legal sign-off seems like a miracle.