Driverless cars another shot at keeping humans from harm and freedom

“’Mr. Musk expects autonomous driving to be safer for riders and pedestrians by a factor of 10.’

“I absolutely believe this. In addition, when the computer gets traffic reports, it will choose the quickest way to the destination, and will choose the speed to use the least amount of fuel.”

(Years and years ago there was a science fiction short story about an older man who turned out to be the inventor of house-keeping robots, said robots taking to n-th degree the Laws of Robotics. The First Law enslaved man, since, as a robot may not allow a human to come to harm, humans could do nothing except exist, and that would soon become nothing.)

‘The next big thing’

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Gonna save all my money (turnin' it on, blowin' it out) and buy a GTO (turnin' it on,
blowin' it out)
Get a helmet and a roll bar (turnin' it on, blowin' it out) and I'll be ready to go
(turnin' it on, blowin' it out)
Take it out to Pomona (turnin' it on, blowin' it out) and let 'em know (turnin' it on,
blowin' it out), yeah, yeah
That I'm the coolest thing around
Little buddy, gonna shut you down
When I turn it on, wind it up, blow it out GTO

Little GTO, by John Wilkin