it will be years going through the approval process
Aren't there already self driving cars on the road? I've read there are uber like services where the owner isn't even in the car and there is only the passenger, I think it was Waymo.
As for education, a lot of students were forced to study at home during the pandemic. I think the system can just as easily be automated. Private schools can easily implement this early on. I remember Harvard has online courses that one can take at their leisure.