[seanmcdirmid]

We are seeing revolutionary cars now, though...who would ever thought that they would begin driving themselves?

Likewise, some more self driving in PL would be nice, it is way too hard and tedious today then it probably needs to be, suggesting there is still a lot of room for improvement.

[venomsnake]

> who would ever thought that they would begin driving themselves?

Any sci fi author since the 50-s?

[seanmcdirmid]

Surely it was conceived of, but did we think it would happen in our lifetime? There are still people out there who won't think it will happen.

[kedean]

I mean, it's been in the works publicly for quite some time. I remember watching documentaries about efforts on self-driving cars in an 'exploring tech' class back in 2002.

[atlantic]

Exactly. Arthur C. Clarke's Imperial Earth (1976) comes to mind.