That is pretty cool, and it hits home for me, personally, too.
The first day of the first programming class I ever took (It was 1982. The language was FORTRAN). We were discussing uses for computer programs. I vividly remember the professor saying that the general consensus in the computer industry at the time was that it was impossible to write the software that would allow a car to drive itself in real-world conditions. That was simply not a reasonable application for software.
Everyone pretty much nodded in agreement “yeah – that would be pretty much impossible.” I vividly remember him saying it and I remmeber agreeing with him wholeheartedly.
And ever since then, I always paid attention to any article regarding self-driving cars because I started to think maybe it was possible. 30 years later, the impossible is possible. Really neat.
