Personally, I don't like the proposition. It is just one more way in which the individual no longer has any control over his environment, but the reverse.
If the machine fails, you are in deep trouble. That's true even with people driven cars. If you add one more layer of complexity, you increase the helplessness factor even further.
Should there be a return to the horse and buggy? Sometimes I wonder about that. With a horse, you can go anywhere. With a car, you can only go where there are roads. With driverless cars, you can only go where they will go, and when they will go.
Those who cite statistics are doing so from the standpoint of monetary gains. But what about the downsides? Besides, it might well be a spiritual element to the discussion. Why all this madness about money? Should we not also be concerned about the morality of it?
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