[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.