While visions of self-driving vehicles have been the providence of science fiction, the attention of many has been captured by recent examples like the DARPA Challenge and the Google Self-Driving Car. Tesla’s Autopilot features get that company’s offerings to near self-driving to consumers in the coming months, and the State of California has begun offering licenses to “drivers” of au- tonomous vehicles. Unanswered, however, are the questions of regulation and safety. This session seeks to tease out the larger, societal implications of the technology to understand the truer nature of the “self-driving future”.
Nhai Cao, Global Product Manager, TomTom
Paolo Santi, Lead, MIT-Fraunhofer Ambient Mobility Daniela Rus, Director, MIT CSAIL
Christian Zulberti, Researcher, ENEL Foundation
Lam Shann Wee, Futures Division Director, Ministry of Transportation, Government of Singapore
