"The 128-mile race is a success. Four other vehicles, including both of CMU's entries, complete the course behind Stanley. The message is clear: Autonomous vehicles have arrived, and Stanley is their prophet. "This is a watershed moment - much more so than Deep Blue versus Kasparov," says Justin Rattner, Intel's R&D director. "Deep Blue was just processing power. It didn't think. Stanley thinks. We've moved away from rule-based thinking in artificial intelligence. The new paradigm is based on probabilities. It's based on statistical analysis of patterns. It is a better reflection of how our minds work."" (Wired)

Wired published a story behind the team that won the DARPA challenge to develop autonomous car earlier this October.