Uber CEO says all cars will be autonomous in '20 plus years.' Driving will be 'something like horseback riding.'

"The skill of driving will someday look a lot "like horseback riding," Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi predicts. In a conversation with Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi discussed autonomous driving safety and his vision for the future of car ownership. Axel Springer is Business Insider's parent company. When asked by Döpfner to make a big bet, Khosrowshahi said he sees all cars being autonomous in "20 plus years." This could lead to a decline in private car ownership and an increase in autonomous safety metrics, Khosrowshahi said, in part because there is less room for machines to make errors compared to humans."

""Humans are fallible, and I think there's much less permissiveness for machines to make those kinds of mistakes, especially if those mistakes lead to fatality," Khosrowshahi said on Döpfner's "MD MEETS" podcast. He was responding to a question about why autonomous driving accidents tend to be newsworthy. "There's no doubt that humans will be less safe than robots as this technology matures - no doubt whatsoever," Khosrowshahi said. "So, should we allow humans to drive in the open road? I think it is a real question that societies are gonna ask themselves.""

All cars are expected to become autonomous in about 20-plus years, which could reduce private car ownership and increase reliance on robotaxis. Machines will operate under stricter safety expectations because there is less tolerance for errors that cause fatalities. Societies may reevaluate whether humans should be permitted to drive on open roads as autonomous systems mature and outperform human safety. Companies are deploying robotaxis and autonomous software for personal vehicles, but some systems have encountered safety problems and legal consequences, prompting increased regulatory scrutiny and public attention to autonomous driving performance.

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