[denzell]

What is the obsession with self driving cars?

There are so many other important problems in the world that need solving

[toomuchtodo]

Car accidents kill 1.3 million people a year. Sounds like a worthy obsession.

[fma]

I'm sure someone can make the same argument for every research.

If self driving cars become mass marketed, then that's reduce death/injuries, less energy consumption/pollution from more efficient driving, more time saved from efficient driving, possible reduction of manufactured cars from a sharing economy standpoint.