Cars that drive you home on their own. Cars that connect to other cars and also to the stoplight in front of you. Cars that are much safer and reduce accidents.
This is what we can expect in the next few years as AI and machine learning hit the road (literally), helping us drive smarter and even offering to take over the driving for us entirely. A radical next step from what modern cars can already do in terms of automated driving, these vehicles will let you take a nap on the highway. They will also sense when there is a crash ahead and re-route you in real time. One can even tell which coffee shops you like best and take you there.
Ford is getting much more serious about self-driving cars. The Ford Fusion prototype has two LIDAR sensors for scanning the road (they are located near the windshield) and can drive autonomously. The computer for processing all of the environmental variables is in the trunk. Ford expects its self-driving tech to debut by 2021.
Toyota once announced it would not make fully autonomous cars, but the Concept-i is a departure from that plan. The big change? There’s an AI in the car called Yui that…