Abstract:
A couple of years ago technologist Jaron Lanier published an article in The Guardian about Google’s self-driving cars. Lanier declared himself in favour of this type of vehicle but was wary of the effects that their development by a large company would have. He described an apocalyptic and somewhat paranoid scenario: ‘Can you imagine if your car lingered in front of billboards during your journey or forced you to a particular store on the way home? What if automatic delivery trucks preferred one vendor to another?’
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