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Are auto makers prepared for imminent AI 'disruption'?

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SABRA LANE: Much of the traditional car making industry around the world could go bust during the next decade, as the cost of electric cars plunge and become affordable for average motorists. That's the prediction of a top researcher and investor who thinks a world of self-driving electric cars, including autonomous taxis, is only a few years away. Brett Winton, the director of research at the US based Ark Invest, believes a disruptive day of reckoning is coming for complacent car making giants, who've failed to adapt their manufacturing models to confront new challengers like Tesla. Mr Winton is visiting Australia and he spoke about a not too distant "new world" of artificial intelligence with Senior Business Correspondent, Peter Ryan. You can look at some of the advances in artificial intelligence and see that computers are going to have the capability to solve the game of driving the car, and likely a lot safer than humans.