Are Human Drivers Finally Obsolete?

How a secret project at Google led to driverless cars on American roads. Freakonomics Radio shares a story from our friends at Search Engine. (Part one of a two-part series .) SOURCES: Alex Davies , author of Driven: The Race To Create the Autonomous Car . Chris Urmson , co-founder and C.E.O. of Aurora. Don Burnette , founder and C.E.O. of Kodiak AI. PJ Vogt , reporter, writer, and host of the Search Engine podcast. Sebastian Thrun , roboticist, C.E.O. …