In the interim, Ai's accountant, driver, and studio partner all disappeared, in what is rumored to be an official example that no Chinese dissident, regardless of his or her international esteem, is untouchable by the state.
He replaces the former driver Bobby Rahal, who had served as interim president since June 16, after the resignation of Andrew Craig.
It's a chilling example of how the interim steps between fully driverless vehicles and fully driver-controlled cars are fraught with potential danger.
In the interim, the company has been asked to pull its drivers off roads, but has thus far refused to comply.
In July 1998, Elections Canada signed a one-year interim agreement with the Division of Driver and Vehicle Licencing in Manitoba to transfer driver licence records to Elections Canada every three months.
The plan, which was announced on an interim basis in January by the Transportation secretary, Ray LaHood, would apply to drivers of interstate buses and trucks over 10,000 pounds.
Ms. Bradfield said that these were interim solutions, and that the company was working on a design for a protective enclosure for the driver.
Full autonomy in cars may still be a long way off, but this Honda/SoftBank approach could act as an interesting interim step – not even partial autonomy, but a way to use AI to strengthen the connection between driver and vehicle, which could indeed help enhance the human driver's skills.
The interim report concludes that, "based on the presentations and materials provided,... it would be premature to down-select among driver options at the present time".
