The pros and cons of the self-driving car revolution

Illustrated | GettyimagesAccording to a new survey by AAA, close to 70 percent of Americans are afraid of fully self-driving cars, Axios reports. The increase, according to the findings, is largely due to the public misunderstanding of self-driving technology and "recent headline-grabbing incidents" regarding self and assisted-driving technology. "The perils of lacking an intuition for state of mind are already evident," in self-driving technology, Anthony continued. For now, fully self-driving cars are not possible. "If we get ahead of it, we could design more efficient autonomous vehicles that have a smaller carbon footprint from the start."