2023/11/14

Joanne McNeil Reminds Us Driverless Cars Are Not So Driverless

● 14/11/2023
“Would anyone feel safer in autonomous vehicle technology on the road, knowing how often someone is, in fact, interacting and perhaps intervening? Does that make anyone feel safe? I certainly don’t.”
– American writer Joanne McNeil, reminding us that the ‘autonomous’ in autonomous vehicle is sometimes bolstered by human intervention. In conversation about her debut novel, McNeil discusses her field research hailing robotaxis in Phoenix and the empty utterances of tech billionaires.
Esquire
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