1. I was responding to your Mercedes/Uber scenario; the comment I was replying to literally didn't mention Tesla (which fits more aptly to Apple's position in t

1. I was responding to your Mercedes/Uber scenario; the comment I was replying to literally didn't mention Tesla (which fits more aptly to Apple's position in the desktop computing analogy). 2. Interstate driving autonomy and city driving autonomy are different beasts. Gathering a ton of data about task X isn't necessarily helpful for task Y; ML isn't magical. If anyone, Google is ahead of the pack in the market Uber is vying for (automated taxis).