Soon, your car may be able to automatically spot that mineshaft of a pothole in the road that never seems to get fixed. Now, artificial intelligence can allow cars to spot potholes on the road ahead thanks to researchers at the Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology. "Poor road-surface conditions pose a significant safety risk to vehicle operation, especially in the case of autonomous vehicles," the researchers wrote in their study, published in Electronics. A pothole could cause the driver -- or the self-driving car -- to lose control of the vehicle, resulting in injury or death. This means that road maintenance -- which is already subpar in many communities -- will become even more crucial in the future, especially if we ever want self-driving cars and trucks dominating the streets.