I think you miss the point and are being overly semantic. All I'm trying to convey is my feeling (shared by many) that autonomous vehicles represent a technolo

I think you miss the point and are being overly semantic. All I'm trying to convey is my feeling (shared by many) that autonomous vehicles represent a technological step change that will change the way we live. Similar to how the internal combustion engine, radio, antibiotics, transistors, telephones and the internet have changed the way we live. Do you think a child today would consider it bizarre and surprising that in 1850, if you got the flu, you'd probably die and it might take 3-4 days of travelling to arrive at a medical centre? >I really don't understand this love affair people have with the idea that we should let some corporate computer network decide when and if we're allowed to leave our homes. I should have read this first, you're just being silly. No one is suggesting this is the case.