Ross: Artificial intelligence is coming for cars, like it or not April 20, 2021 at 10:16 am Tesla cars are parked in front of a Tesla showroom and service center on May 20, 2019, in Burlingame, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Last week, just outside Houston, a Tesla crashed and burned after hitting a tree. Both of the men in the car were killed. And it was THIS statement from police investigators that got everybody’s attention: “They are 100% certain that no one was in the driver’s seat driving the vehicle at the time of impact.” Were they using the auto pilot? Elon Musk says they were not, and that in fact it cannot be engaged unless there’s someone in the front seat with hands on the wheel.