You know what would be a real trip? Autonomous motorcycles. My wife and I were positing a Zip Car like service with auto-mopeds that drive up to your house when you need them, but you must drive them yourself. Since they are so light and slow, they are far less likely to kill people when in autopilot.
Okay, more precisely put: They're using weight where the people go in order to use the geometry the way it's intended. Yes, they're dinking with the steering column to accomplish their balance. That's why it's wobbly as fuck at low speeds - they don't have the balance one would get from riding it. If you take that bike and try to put a person on it, that weight needs to move. It can't stay where it is. There's an easier way... but it's about as dorktastic as a self-driving Vespa.