U.S. Army, Uber sign research agreement
Interesting, military only gave ~$1M for such an ambitious project while Uber is burning billions a year and could easily afford this.<p>My speculation is that this partnership is first and foremost an attempt to provide Uber with a patina of respectability for this attempt and access to military technical expertise. Uber just crashed and burned on self driving, something it desperately needs to quench its towering money fires. Uber&#x27;s investors know that. Therefore, Uber needs to constantly appear to be &quot;innovating&quot; in flashy ways to keep its investors at bay with seductive promises of even greater riches.<p>This, even if the entire idea of flying cars driven by normal humans is insane or worse, piloted by a company known for breaking rules (now in Aviation of all things!) and have the dubious honor of being the first to kill a woman with self-driving AI.<p>It helps to have connections to get these contracts yo. And of course, yet another major American company cooperating with defense. Military-industrial complex indeed. Every peaceful venture must be tied to the killing machine. All the cool kids are, like Google and its TF support for drone assassinations.<p>EDIT: added technical expertise to 2nd paragraph