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Waymo Pulled Its Cars From the Freeway After One Fled Police With Horrified Couple on Board (futurism.com)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by other_cat@piefed.zip to c/technology@lemmy.world

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"This is it. We're dead. We're going to die right here in the Waymo."

This combined with another recent article from some insiders at Tesla saying, along the lines, "You couldn't pay me to let one of these things drive me somewhere."

And yet I still know people who are just so chuffed about "never having to drive again."

EDIT: Comments have pointed out that this story is, at best, overblown and semi-fabricated otherwise. Take it with a massive grain of salt. But feel free to discuss self-driving, waymo, etc in the comments!

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[–] Broadfern@lemmy.world 177 points 1 month ago (2 children)

”never having to drive again”

Y’know I can’t put my finger on it but something tells me that there’s an alternative to that without technofascist wet-dream robocars involved 🤔

[–] other_cat@piefed.zip 52 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You couldn't pay me to get into a Waymo but you COULD probably convince me to pay a person to get me somewhere. What a novel concept!

[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 88 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Or trains, which I guess is still technically paying a person to get me somewhere in a really removed way.

[–] other_cat@piefed.zip 48 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Or trollies! Or subways! Or rickshaws!

[–] cecilkorik@piefed.ca 30 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Even busses are relatively okay.

[–] mrmisses@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago (1 children)

[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 6 points 1 month ago

What form of public transport is this and how do I apply to be the driver?

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

I'm in process of designing a robot rickshaw. The big difference is that it'll be pedalled by a shitty robot instead of a human. No I don't want a regular ebike it's a rickshaw we do this the hard way

[–] MaggiWuerze@feddit.org 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Even if there was no other person involved. Making trains self driving makes way more sense and is way more achievable than hoping to automate chaotic road behavior

[–] HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 month ago

Self driving trains are far safer than any other option.

[–] njordomir@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

Trains are me and my neighbors paying ourselves to get everyone where they're going in an extremely efficient way!

Waymo is everyone paying tech bros for an inefficient illusion of futurism with a whole lot of negative externalities that is drawing resources away from real progress in order to enrich the few.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Let's go up and keep the train driver company!

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If you live outside of a major city I don't see an alternative.

[–] mech@feddit.org 13 points 1 month ago

Because the alternatives were deliberately dismantled.