Could driverless cars own themselves?
Forget buying an electric-powered Tesla, sharing a Zipcar or hiring an Uber – the most disruptive force in getting from A to B on four wheels could be cars that own themselves.
Emancipated automobiles sounds like a crazy concept. But the man advocating the idea goes further: he thinks they’ll have babies.
OK, let’s briefly shift into reverse and introduce Mike Hearn.
The Zurich-based software developer is both an ex-Google engineer and one of the leading Bitcoin software developers. The virtual currency plays a key role in his scheme, but we’ll get to that in a bit.
For now, the key thing to know is that he’s not actively working on his transport-of-the-future concept, but instead offers it up as a “thought experiment” to inspire.
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