When you think about a driverless car future, perhaps your mind goes to being driven around, watching movies from the backseat and drinking martinis.
For over a decade, perfect driverless cars have seemed only a few years away. But in reality, they were nowhere close.
Now, driverless cars are finally being rolled out in some cities.
But (like humans) they're crashing and causing chaos.
So are driverless cars finally here? Or is teaching a car to drive simply too difficult?
Guests:
Alex Purtill, San Francisco resident, brother of James Purtill
Todd Jochem, former Carnegie Mellon University robotics researcher who developed some of the world's first driverless vehicles
Sebastian Thrun, Waymo co-founder and one of the inventors of driverless cars
Rodney Brooks, world-renowned Australian roboticist who lives in San Francisco, former head of the MIT computer science lab
EDITOR'S NOTE (13 NOV 2023): A previous version of the audio for this episode incorrectly referred to Tesla instead of Uber. The audio has been corrected. We apologise for the error.