I was excited by  the video How Aurora Got Self-Driving Trucks On The Road  a few months ago. I thought the concept of highway-only autonomous driving might have a significant positive impact on many people in not very far future. The consensus is that true autonomous driving under all conditions will not happen until at least 2035.   Aurora has started this hub-to-hub autonomous driving . This eliminates the most unpleasant part of a trucker's job - long hours on highways.  I can see this technology ported to passenger cars relatively easily. When it happens, it will enhance the quality of life for tens of millions in the US alone by allowing them to be productive and stress-free during daily commutes on highways. Even for those without daily highway commutes, it can be highly beneficial. Two examples: Many in MA enjoy hiking and skiing in the NH mountains. For me, the 3-hour driving (one-way) kills the interest most of the time. If the 2.5 hours on highways are done autonomously,

The free world has paid and will continue to pay heavy prices for the current US administration's illusion about the PRC. Two of many examples: 1. The current Rashist slaughter in UA would have had a good chance to be prevented if the US had not acted based on the illusion. The administration begged the PRC for months with US intel about Putin's planned invasion. The PRC passed the information to Moscow to confirm the weakness and fear of the US to affirm Putin's confidence in the victory of the invasion.  The US could have prevented the slaughter by rapidly ramping up lethal weapon aid to Ukraine. The slaughter will cost the free world at least hundreds of billions of dollars in the end. 2. The pledge to ban AI weapons could cost the US astronomically, or even threaten its existence. There is ABSOLUTELY ZERO chance for the CCP to abide by it. Marines and the relatively small Space Force are the only two out of the five military branches that meet their recruiting goals . I