An autonomous vehicle is a new medium

“You can have many views of what a computer is. My particular view is that a computer is a new medium. (…) A computer will be in the future more looked at in this way — as a delivery vehicle for software.” — Steve Jobs in 1995.

For most, an autonomous vehicle (AV) is a car, but for me, it is a new medium — something that in the future will be seen as a delivery vehicle for software. It delivers software to you, and one part of its diverse software services is autonomous transportation.

https://cleantechnica.com/2020/08/09/an-autonomous-vehicle-is-a-new-medium/