Makers of autonomous vehicles want to change the world-but first they want to change regulations

As self-driving vehicles move into the real world, their creators will inevitably apply pressure to change the rules of the road. Roads and the rules that govern them have been made to be human-readable. Self-driving vehicles will not drive in the same way. They need the world to be machine readable.

The arguments AV companies make in favor of their appeals are simple: This is the future, and we need to prepare now in order to unlock the benefits of the technology they're developing. But it shows a lack of care about what happens in the interim-or even after these self-driving vehicles hit the road-to human drivers.

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