#6. 2001 Toyota Pod Concept Car – AI Never Comes Back to Haunt Humanity
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Sometimes companies want to create a concept car that shows off their ability to integrate with other companies and suggest new ideas. Sometimes it works. Sometimes people create the Toyota Pod.
What The Public Thought of the Concept Car
It’s really hard to overlook when a car has a tail. People looked at the Pod and essentially everyone decided it’s better if the future doesn’t come. The tail looking like an on/off switch was a novelty, but then it started wagging. The thought that an early version of an AI-controlled the car and gave it emotions was fairly off-putting. Then again, the emotions only came out in a few colors. At least people knew to get nervous when the car LEDs were red. Then the Pod was angry at you!
