Babies born this year may never need to take a driving lesson as self-driving cars could hit Britain's roads within 15 years, says the boss of a UK insurance company. Technology is developing at such a rate that autonomous vehicles could be available by 2032, meaning "babies born today may never have to take a driving test", Axa UK chief executive Amanda Blanc told the Daily Telegraph. But Ms Blanc warned that the insurance sector must be ready to adapt to the new risks that will arise from the arrival of self-driving cars, when crashes will occur with a computer rather than a human in control of the vehicle. Ms Blanc said that insurers have a key role to play in building a new framework for the driverless future, adding that autonomous vehicles "will not be able to take the roads [without that]". Insurance costs are expected to fall in line with lower accident rates and Ms Blanc admitted that driverless cars would make roads "much safer and increase mobility for vulnerable members of society", as more people will be able to get insurance.

Every morning, I see a self-driving car cruising around my neighborhood. The only thing that's remarkable about it is how unremarkable it is. When I see it, I'm reminded that artificial intelligence (AI) isn't some future dream; it's here, now, in our everyday lives. Beyond the buzzwords, AI is a way of augmenting us -- of making us better humans. All of these "little brains" around us are taking the guesswork out of so many processes. Take for example the Nest thermostat, which learns our household patterns in order to figure out how to make us more comfortable (while saving energy); that's one more brain, working away so we can focus on other things.