SAN JOSE, Calif. — The days of humans driving their own cars are numbered, according to Elon Musk.

The reason, he said, is advances in sensor and software technology will eventually make cars' onboard computers safer and better drivers than humans wielding "two-ton death machines." The Tesla CEO shared his thoughts on the future of self-driving vehicles during the keynote presentation at NVIDIA's GPU Technology Conference in San Jose, where he appeared onstage with NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang.

"In the distant future," he said, "They may outlaw driven cars because they're too dangerous."

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