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You really think a computer could do better?
Google corporate must be such a weird little world, with its mad (computer) scientists and utopian experiments. Just look at this goofy, yet genius, souped up Prius they’ve actually delegated company brain power, time, and money to rig up. According to the New York Times, the company’s taken six Priuses and an Audi TT, suited them up with Google brand artificial intelligence, and hired a bunch of Stanford students to go out an drive them. Except not drive them, because these cars actually drive themselves. Using programmed databases and some sort of external sensors, these cars have reportedly driven 140,000 miles of California roads (including Lombard Street’s famous wiggle) with only occasional human intervention. Which begs the question, are driver-less cars street legal?