I agree, but it's more than just that --- self-driving cars will take more control away from individuals and put that in the hands of corporations and governments, who will have a much easier time tracking --- and even controlling --- the large-scale movement of the population. When they decide to outlaw non-self-driving cars almost completely, "the frog will have been thoroughly boiled."
Of course, it's all done under the argument of safety. But I don't think a perfectly safe world, one with no risk at all, is one worth living in either. There's enough dystopian scifi around to predict rather accurately what will happen.
Of course, it's all done under the argument of safety. But I don't think a perfectly safe world, one with no risk at all, is one worth living in either. There's enough dystopian scifi around to predict rather accurately what will happen.