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Prepare to be obsolete: Self-driving cars hit the road

Latest tech at CES 2013 poses the question: Humans (what are we good for)?

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The tech scene is all a-titter about the new crop of told the tech site Endgadget:

Autonomous does not mean driverless … technology should enhance a driver’s skills, but we do believe that the technology is at a state where it can intervene in a case where driver error is absolutely evident.

So rejoice, fellow humans! We still have a few years left before the machines take over.

 

By Katie McDonough

Katie McDonough is Salon's politics writer, focusing on gender, sexuality and reproductive justice. Follow her on Twitter @kmcdonovgh or email her at kmcdonough@salon.com.


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