“A driverless "taxi" service in a major US city with arbitrary pick up and drop off locations, even in a restricted geographical area. NET 2032. (This is what Uber, Lyft, and conventional taxi services can do today.)”
Roboticist; MIT Panasonic Professor of Robotics (emeritus); co-founder of iRobot and Rethink Robotics; co-founder and CTO of Robust.AI
Said Jan 1, 2018Deadline Jan 1, 2032Rodney Brooks, "My Dated Predictions," rodneybrooks.com, January 1, 2018
Brooks has not yet called this one; driverless services have expanded within geofenced metros but still steer riders to adjusted pickup and drop-off points rather than arbitrary ones.