Every day is your birthday! But oh god, think of the Mondays. The horrifying, soul-crushing, year-long Mondays.

So, to "demonstrate the feasibility of autonomous driving in real traffic conditions" they are sending the cars not only through areas that, for the most part, have fuck all traffic, but also on a trip that practically no-one would do anyway. Well done.

Flawed analogy - rational people actually expected the iPad to be useful before we found out the details. I've yet to meet someone rational who actually expected anything worthwhile from a Democratic majority in Congress.

Somebody, please, tell me this tech can be translated to larger/higher mammals, so that we can create a smarter than the average bear!