“Self driving cars. In the US the players that will determine whether self driving cars are successful or abandoned are #1 Waymo (Google) and #2 Zoox (Amazon). No one else matters. The key metric will be human intervention rate as that will determine profitability. [Over the decade through January 1st, 2036.]”
Roboticist; MIT Panasonic Professor of Robotics (emeritus); co-founder of iRobot and Rethink Robotics; co-founder and CTO of Robust.AI
Said Mar 26, 2025Deadline Jan 1, 2036Rodney Brooks, Bluesky post of March 26, 2025, published as "Five new technology predictions for the next decade," rodneybrooks.com, April 14, 2025
To be scored by Brooks in his annual scorecards through January 1, 2036.