What the Boeing 737 Max Can Teach Us About Self-Driving Cars (And The Dangers Of Machine Learning)

We don't yet know exactly what happened with the Boeing 737 Max crashes. But it's clear from other non-fatal 737 Max incidents that there are concerns about how its automated systems function. And that's something to keep in mind when we think about self-driving cars. The problem lies in how AI-driven machines learn -- and share. Tesla, for instance, reported last year that its cars had driven over 1.2 billion miles in Autopilot and over 2.4 billion miles more in "shadow mode," when the Autopilot systems are learning, but not in control.