Yeah, self driving cars are the future for sure. As you said, we have them now but a few bugs to work out. People will not have to park their cars in the driveway, garage or on the street. They just push a button, and the car comes to pick them up. Next, people will realize that there is no need to own a car, just call a cab. Cabs will become much cheaper once there is no need to pay a driver. Then, its just gas and wear and tear. If they can make a profit charging $2 for a ride across town, why buy a car? People with a car at home will be seen as eccentric much like people with only home phones are starting to be seen today. Why pay a per minute charge for calling a nearby town when you can call anywhere in the country for no cost?
These things are part of the everyday abundance that we enjoy right now and it will only get better. An AI doctor will have on tap all medical knowledge, unlike doctors today who only know things about their own specialty and not everything about that. An AI doctor can't be bribed by pharma salesmen, who dangles a free trip if the doc writes enough scripts for the junk they are pushing. The bot will know all the up to date info, and will make the most logical diagnosis and recommended treatment. The bot does not need 8 to 12 or more years of expensive education, they will simply download it all in an hour. Medical bills are a big cost for some people.
We see every day crooked judges who make bad rulings that have to be corrected by scotus. We hear about crooked lawyers stealing money. AI lawyers and judges will not be swayed by bias, emotion, greed, or politics. Someone on this thread was complaining about high prices, this should be good news
Could we go farther with AI? Could we have robot cops? They would know the law, unlike the majority of cops. There are a ton of videos of cops telling people false things about the law and pulling tricks to arrest them. It would cut way down on false arrests and police brutality. Some day could we have robot senators and reps? We know they take bribes and are cooked as hell. Robot government could cut down on that a whole lot and produce laws that make sense rather than helping someone's buddy who gave them a job or "book deal" which is how politicians often get bribed
It will take time, no one likes to give up any power they may have. The good things we have now will get better
