Sure, but the reality is, the serious ramifications happen for these new pieces of technology. Ridiculous as it seems now, the launch of the automobile was accompanied by "red flag laws" mandating that cars were lead by a flag-waving pedestrian, and even today there are product recalls involving millions of cars for alleged "unintended acceleration" induced by a basic mechanical lever.
Throw in the fact that Uber, whose relationship with lawmakers is best described as "it's complicated", is about the last company you'd want to be leading lobbying efforts to allow unmanned self-driving cars on city streets, and it's a fair bet they're not expecting their self-driving cars to be anything more than valuable IP at the time they exit.
Throw in the fact that Uber, whose relationship with lawmakers is best described as "it's complicated", is about the last company you'd want to be leading lobbying efforts to allow unmanned self-driving cars on city streets, and it's a fair bet they're not expecting their self-driving cars to be anything more than valuable IP at the time they exit.