"complex and expensive cashierless stores that won’t deliver much of an improvement to our shopping experience but may cost underprivileged people their jobs" Cashierless stores are simple and amazing. I won't even comment the part about "underprivileged people", this is straight up dumb.

This is a time when an entire driverless car industry is trying to convince the world that its products are safe before it can even come up with convincing stats - Nearly 1.3 million people die in road crashes each year, on average 3,287 deaths a day. An additional 20-50 million are injured or disabled. More than half of all road traffic deaths occur among young adults ages 15-44. THAT is not convincing enough? Autonomous cars are the future and will allow us to focus on other activities during the daily commute or long distance travels. Will decrease deaths, will optimize energy consumption by intelligently setting the right route and speed. Humans are inferior to computers on the road, that's a fact.