Autonomous vehicles will be safer, not perfect

Gill Pratt, who leads the Toyota Research Institute, says there's no point in getting hung up on ethical scenarios a self-driving car may face — humans haven't solved those problems either.

David Undercoffler

January 10, 2016 05:00 AM

LAS VEGAS -- Gill Pratt has heard the "what-if" warnings from critics of autonomous cars.

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