The self driving car relies on computers, GPS, sensors (eg LIDAR) and algorithms. Computers were developed for the military, LIDAR was developed for government-

The self driving car relies on computers, GPS, sensors (eg LIDAR) and algorithms. Computers were developed for the military, LIDAR was developed for government-funded atmospheric research projects. GPS wouldn't exist without military funding. The military funded a lot of computer vision research. SpaceX took a lot of government money, too.