I'm a cyclist. Will the arrival of robotaxis make my journeys safer?

Having plied their trade in several US and Chinese cities for years, driverless taxis are on their way to London. As a cyclist, a Londoner and a journalist who has spent years covering AI's pratfalls, I am a tad nervous. Yet, given how often I have been struck by inattentive human drivers in London, part of me is cautiously optimistic. At the end of the day it boils down to this: will I be better off surrounded by tired, distracted and angry humans, or unpredictable and imperfect AI? The UK government has decided to allow firms like Uber to run pilots of self-driving "taxi- and bus-like" services in 2026.