Hyundai, Kia Make Major Commitment To Artificial Intelligence Artificial intelligence, or AI as it is commonly known, takes a huge leap forward at Hyundai and Kia with the hiring of a new expert. It’s the way forward for true autonomous driving unlike Tesla. Advertisement Hyundai and Kia have made a major commitment to artificial intelligence in its cars, trucks and SUVs with the hiring of recruitment of Kyunghyun Cho, associate professor of computer science and data science at New York University. AI is the only way to make truly autonomous vehicles. Tesla could learn something. AI is the driving factor (no pun intended) behind the recent major Tesla crashes, including one where there was literally no one behind the wheel. Strong artificial intelligence wouldn’t let that happen.