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DoorDashers are getting paid to close Waymo's self-driving car doors (www.engadget.com)
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[–] a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago

That isn't how the reply came off.

And that line of inquiry is irrelevant. If safe, self closing doors are a mechanical marvel that stumps the engineering teams of the self-driving car engineers then they fundamentally aren't up to the job.

This is a very small bar compared to giant leaps needed to have cars be autonomous.