Learning how to drive in an AI simulator is becoming more common in China

AI simulators that replicate the driving experience can save operators rental, labour and equipment costs. To a certain extent, they may replace traditional driving instructors, although students still need to go on real roads at some point. — SCMP

For some students at Chinese driving schools, learning to drive is pretty similar to playing a video game.

At the Guangshen Driving Training Group, one of the biggest driving training schools in the southern Chinese tech hub of Shenzhen, students check in for practice sessions by scanning a QR code.