This self-driving bus uses IBM Watson AI to talk to passengers

IBM Watson is probably still best known for crushing it on Jeopardy. Now the same artificial intelligence software is being used for a new fleet of self-driving buses currently roaming the streets of Washington, D.C. Developed by Local Motors, Olli is an electric, 3D printed transportation pod. It can carry up to 12 people and travel about 30 miles per charge at a speed of up t0 12 miles per hour. It uses a technology similar to Google's self-driving cars to scan the environment and get around, but the company says there's also a human monitoring Olli remotely just in case something goes wrong What really makes Olli special is the way it integrates IBM Watson. Instead of typing out your destination you can simply say "Olli, take me downtown."