But the point here is that habitable planets are, by definition, exceedingly rare.
Habitable by human beings maybe. I very much doubt we are the only viable design for intelligent life.
I doubt tattletale functionality will be added to driverless systems
What sort of shangri-lala land do you live in? I can see driverless cars deciding to lock the doors and deliver people to a police station or gaol based on specific parameters. To think that they wont be watching, listening and analysing every fucking thing going on in and around them and reporting it all to the central repository is naive to the extreme.
Actually, it always seems like many more than usual accidents happy the first two weeks of the snowy road season, and then people adjust to it.
Could some of that also be attributed to laziness in not changing tyres or adding chains to their wheels?
I've spent thousands of dollars on keyboards and mice over the years I've owned computers. While a mechanical keyboard may cost twice as much as some of the cheaper models out there, it lasts for many long years without failing.
Try living with a parrot and a keyboard
Life is a healthy respect for mother nature laced with greed.