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UNITE Live: Are we ready for robots on the road? (In progress)

Join Ars, industry experts at 3pm ET to discuss the self-driving car that's soon to come.

Self-driving cars used to be a pipe dream, but then Moore's Law came along and did its thing. Within a few years, cars packed with sensors and processors and connected to the cloud will have the capability of driving themselves and reacting to traffic or accidents, at least under certain road conditions (think HOV lanes). Of course, that's only if the regulations are in place to let that happen.

What technological pieces of the puzzle remain to be worked out? Who takes responsibility when an autonomous car hits something? Are we about to fundamentally change society's relationship with the car? Join us today at 3pm ET for a live discussion on these questions and others.

Joining us today will be:

Comments and questions during the live discussion are welcome. For more background, read this morning's feature story on the fight for better broadband. Then click here to join the fun:

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2014-10-29T14:00:00-05:00

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