Lyft CEO: Self-Driving Cars Aren't the Future

Nerval's Lobster writes Google, Tesla, Mercedes and others are working hard to build the best self-driving car. But will anyone actually buy them? In a Q&A session at this year's South by Southwest, Lyft CEO Logan Green insisted the answer is "No." But does Green truly believe in this vision, or is he driven (so to speak) by other motivations? It's possible that Green's stance on self-driving cars has to do more with Uber's decision to aggressively fund research into that technology. Uber CEO Travis Kalanick announcing that self-driving cars were the future was something that greatly upset many Uber drivers, and Green may see that spasm of anger as an opportunity to differentiate Lyft in the hearts and minds of the drivers who work for his service. Whether or not Green's vision is genuine, we won't know the outcome for several more years, considering the probable timeframes before self-driving cars hit the road... if ever.

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Wait, can machines even walk yet?

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How about if we make sure that machines can do ordinary tasks before we put them in a position of endangering everyone who goes near a road?

Sure we'll have intelligent machines one day. So we're suppose to have machines driving vehicles some 80 years before they're smart? What idiot thought THAT was a good idea?

The writing is on the wall, /.ers want to see an

[Cafe Alpha]

iCar asap. They can't wait to see a real car driven by a furby! It doesn't matter how dangerous it is.