Exec: Most Lyft rides will be in autonomous cars in 5 years

EXCERPT:

[Lyft president John] Zimmer’s five-year prediction may be overly ambitious because the technology for cars that carry people on their own likely won’t be ready for at least a decade, said Timothy Carone, a Notre Dame professor and author of “Future Automation: Changes to Lives and to Businesses.”

Instead, Carone predicts that operators in remote locations will take control of cars if they run into situations they can’t handle, similar to how the military pilots drones.

“Cars in New York or driving on superhighways can be autonomous but be monitored by someone at an Uber or Lyft center who can monitor many cars at once,” Carone said.

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