Your Self-Driving Car Cheat Sheet

"The Trick That Makes Google's Self-Driving Cars Work," by Alexis C. Madrigal: Madrigal throws a little cold water on the supposed power of Google's self-driving cars, which can cruise around Mountain View, California, on their own. He shows that the company's vehicles are effectively operating in a meticulously modeled digital double of their environs, one that would take time to reproduce elsewhere.