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From driverless cars to AI bridges, are we giving up too much control?

The cars will be beautiful in a future where AIs are in control and even build instant bridges, but a new exhibition at London's Science Museum asks whose interests set the agenda

28 August 2019

glass car — An autonomous racing drone and a car made of glass: which future would you pick?
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Science Museum, London

Until October 2020

DURHAM Cathedral’s stained glass windows inspired artist Dominic Wilcox’s contribution to Driverless, a tiny but thought-provoking exhibition at London’s Science Museum.

It occurred to could make traffic collisions a thing of the past, which means “we don’t need the protection systems that are built into contemporary cars”, he told design magazine Dezeen. “We can just have a shell of any…

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