Sally by Isaac Asimov:
Science Fiction Inventions, Technology and Ideas

Fascinating 1953 short story that details a visit to a kind of preserve for autonomous vehicles. I'm particularly interested because of the way that cars are being "trained" by watching millions of human behaviors using deep learning algorithms.


('Sally' by Isaac Asimov)

Read this story in Fantastic magazine here.

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Automatobile
An autonomous private car.

Automatobus
An autonomous or self-driving bus seating a number of people.

Autonomous Car Intercommunication
Automatic cars talk to each other about everything.

Positronic Motor
A combination of motor and brain; an engine with a cerebellum and a carburetor.

Self-Cleaning Autonomous Car
An automatic vehicle that keeps itself clean.

 

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