It’s not just hands-free driving that self-guided cars may bring into reality. Autonomous vehicles could unleash new technological and economic development on a level not seen since the dawn of the space age.
“Self-driving cars represents the moonshot for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning,” said U.S. Sen. Gary Peters, (D-Mich.), a top proponent of the AV Start Act, legislation that could help to encourage a more rapid deployment of self-driving cars. (The bill is in the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation.)
“As it’s been described to me, from folks in Silicon Valley and others, when AVs can pilot through a city like Washington, D.C., using AI, that means AI is ready for prime time in every single industry in America. It will change everything in this country,” said Peters, speaking June 13 with officials from Securing America’s Future Energy, a Washington-based advocacy organization charged with reducing America’s dependency on oil and the growth of alternative fuel mobility.