Yes but those are not autonomous - they are controlled by someone miles off. Warfare is now completely impersonal, like a videogame - which is disgusting. The author is lying by omission.I agree with that for the most part, but it's still pretty concerning. As it states, 70 percent of KIA/WIA in Ukraine are a result of drone warfare! And in war only the most effective solutions survive the literal trial by fire. Even if machines are no more intelligent now than in the 80's, which I uphold is the case...It's zero and can never be anything but zero, maybe unless quantum computing is involved.
So you have to program for every possible contingency in your rulebook of the real world, which is of course impossible. But getting close enough might just be enough. Roads are a somewhat closed system after all, and there are a limited number of possible situations that can occur for a driver. I wouldn't bet against FSD to put it what way.
Driverless cars, where I live, would not work 6 mos out of the year because you cannot see the roads covered in snow and there is ice everywhere. Driverless cars have already killed people because when that variable is introduced that was not planned for, oops!