In March, Jensen Huang, chief executive of computer chip giant NVIDIA, declared the “ChatGPT moment” for self-driving cars had arrived. In Australia, Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) system is already available on public roads. Waymo is exploring robotaxi operations in Australia.
The question is no longer whether autonomous driving will arrive, but whether Australia is ready to operate it safely, efficiently and sustainably. This raises an infrastructure question: can roads, bridges and intersections designed for human drivers also be understood by machines?
