We'll want high-performance driving skills in self-driving cars. Are you a good driver? Your answer depends upon what the phrase "good driver" means. Across the United States, each state provides various licensing requirements for those that want the privilege to drive a car. Keep in mind that driving is considered a privilege and not some form of constitutional right.

This has been the year of the AI machine, and it's been a rapid change. Artificial intelligence has suddenly begun to match and even outperform humans in tasks where we've have always held the upper hand--face recognition, object recognition, language understanding and so on. And yet there are plenty of complex tasks in which AI machines still trail humans. These range from simple housework such as ironing to more advanced tasks such as driving. The reason for the slow progress in these areas is not that intelligent machines can't do these tasks.