Emerging Technologies
Self Driving Cars
Pop Culture
Here are some popular culture references to self driving cars. Here we will show how the public opinion of autonomous vehicles have been formed by these references
Asleep At the Wheel
News Article
Shocked motorists capture driver and passenger asleep in vehicle traveling on highway.https://www.wcvb.com/article/motorist-captures-driver-asleep-behind-wheel-of-self-driving-car-on-mass-pike/28961502
Cyberpunk 2077
Video Game
The main mode of transportation featured in the game is a self-driving car. An indication that at least the developers believe that this technology will be widespread in the near future.
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https://jalopnik.com/there-are-fully-autonomous-cars-in-cyberpunk-2077-1835384893
Movies
Here are some notes about movies that feature AI or autonomous vehicles.
1990
Total Recall
Johnny Cab: A cab piloted by an animatronic-style driver who takes voice commands of locations to drive to. The animatronic is not actually holding the wheel/joystick, he is just there to look and act like a taxi driver.
2004
I, Robot
The protagonist of I, Robot (played by Will Smith) has a self driving car that he is shown using so he can look at the case files while driving.