Self-driving is an essential technology in making killer robots - things like autonomous tanks or armored vehicles that need to be able to self-drive and kill anything that moves.
Tanks were originally made by last century's fascists. This century's techno-fascists will make them self-driving, duh!
Well, if self-driving fails, there's Meta Oculus VR with an AI-generated overlay to make the gig soldier feel like they're playing a video game.