Do you mean technically or in reality? There is a already a lot of negative sentiment in SF and an increasing number of Westerners who are anti tech and anti p

Do you mean technically or in reality? There is a already a lot of negative sentiment in SF and an increasing number of Westerners who are anti tech and anti progress. That includes people working in the media, just look at the constant criticism in reporting. If it becomes to bad, cars will not be programmed to run over people in self defense. The development would simply move elsewhere and the techphobic parts of the world will be left behind. Something like this would never happen in East Asia, it's inconceivable you'd get a mob of Japanese vandalizing a self-driving car for no good reason other than hate of the tech.