The car you see here looks like your ordinary Nissan Ariya with an extra piece of plastic pasted to the roof, but it's actually the future of effortless mobility called the ProPilot Prototype. According to Nissan, it's a Level 2 Plus driving assistant, but in reality it's a Level 4 eyes-off fully-autonomous car that can drive itself without any human intervention, and I would not have believed that previous sentence if I had not experienced it with my own two eyeballs. In the interest of transparency, I did not think that true driverless cars would arrive in my lifetime. There's just too much standing in the way, the least of which is the reason nobody is willing to commit to the term 'Level 4'. Anything above Level 3 requires an automaker to take responsibility for any accidents or incidents, and in most parts of the world this kind of legislation hasn't even been written yet. Quite simply, automakers are scared of taking responsibility, because they know there are so many variables out on the road. Yet, here we are in 2026, and I've just experienced the future of commuting. What Has Changed To Make Autonomous Driving A Reality? The answer is two words: Artificial Intelligence. Unless you've been living under a rock, you must have interacted with artificial intelligence at some point in the last two years. What started off as a party trick is now an accepted tool used in almost every industry out there. While people are concerned that it will take the joy (and jobs) out of life, it makes a bit more sense if you think about it laterally. Instead of using it to write a dissertation at university, you can use it as a sort of study buddy to help structure your thoughts, or for