Wow, Big Deal: Girl from Texas Becomes MIT Autonomous Vehicle Team Leader

Here’s the Story No One Asked For: Texas Girl Does Something with MIT

So, let’s all roll our eyes at the journey of Cindy Alejandra Heredia, a Texan apparently nobody had ever heard of until she managed to go from Laredo to an MBA in MIT Sloan. Woo, how exciting (not). Oh, and she’s also leading the MIT autonomous vehicle team, as if that’s some kind of incredible achievement or something.

Implications of the Yawn-Inducing Technology

Yeah, yeah, we get it. Autonomous vehicles are the future, blah blah blah. If you ask me, all these self-driving cars are just going to make more people lazy and dependent on technology. I mean, come on, whatever happened to using your own hands and brain to drive your car? Let’s not forget that Cindy must feel so proud contributing to the world’s addiction to technology.

And Now, a Closing “Hot Take” That’ll Surely Leave You in Awe (Not)

In case you couldn’t tell, I’m so thrilled to share this news with you (I’m not). If you want to waste your time, go read about how Cindy Alejandra Heredia managed to impress MIT enough to get them to let her into their autonomous vehicle team, where she’ll most likely contribute to a future completely lacking human interaction, skills, or even common sense. Yay for progress, am I right? There, you’ve been updated on the life of a girl from Texas. Happy now? You’re welcome. I guess.

Original article:https://news.mit.edu/2023/driven-driverless-alejandra-heredia-0531