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Re:Ford CEO says the company 'overestimated' self-driving cars by Stubb on Thursday April 11, 2019 @02:54PM (#19637954)
See Moravec's Paradox for why decades away is likely optimistic:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moravec's_paradox

Re:Ford CEO says the company 'overestimated' self-driving cars by linuxftw on Thursday April 11, 2019 @03:56PM (#19638506)
Great quote at the end of that page, quoting from a book:

> As the new generation of intelligent devices appears, it will be the stock analysts and petrochemical engineers and parole board members who are in danger of being replaced by machines. The gardeners, receptionists, and cooks are secure in their jobs for decades to come.

Indeed, much of the trading world has been replaced by machines.

Re:Ford CEO says the company 'overestimated' self-driving cars by dboreham on Thursday April 11, 2019 @04:07PM (#19638609)
My test case is: self driving lawyers. That seems to me to be quite an easy technical problem, and obviously financially viable, and mostly can't kill people. And yet..