"Self-driving" cars is not necessarily new technology in the sense of people shooting down new ideas. It's been shoved down everyone's throats for over a decade now. It's not coming any time soon, despite the unending promises and claims, and companies have gotten away with pushing regulations and skirting the law to perform R&D and testing on public roads that has killed several people. I think it's pretty reasonable to be tired of this. Same goes for VR, crypto, "AI", and every other over-hyped and over-promised technology over the past decade.
In particular to self-driving cars, it is a distraction from other technological development we could be doing, it continues to hold up the car as a source for peoples' affection and keeps cars relevant, and the need for self-driving cars has never been articulated in a way that makes any sense.
In particular to self-driving cars, it is a distraction from other technological development we could be doing, it continues to hold up the car as a source for peoples' affection and keeps cars relevant, and the need for self-driving cars has never been articulated in a way that makes any sense.