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Waymo Pulled Its Cars From the Freeway After One Fled Police With Horrified Couple on Board (futurism.com)
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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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[–] BlindPenguin@lemmy.world 45 points 15 hours ago (4 children)

If only there was some kind of system, that could take multiple people from A to B, with only one dude in front to keep track of what the automated system is doing. Ideally on some form of predictable track, that makes sure that the vehicle always stays in line without the need of advanced AI. Someone should invent that.

[–] shaman1093@lemmy.ml 1 points 17 minutes ago

Had to check which sub I was in lol

[–] 73ms@sopuli.xyz 1 points 41 minutes ago

We do still have taxis even in countries where mass transit is well maintained and popular. They're also not the perfect form of transportation for everyone as people can have disabilities causing limited mobility etc.

Automating things like trains also seems to have been a very slow process.

[–] Unstoppable_Flop@lemmy.zip 20 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

They could even make them underground so they don't clog up the city!

[–] some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Might sound crazy, but we might be able to link multiple vehicles together as needed for capacity so they'll move as one!

[–] Unstoppable_Flop@lemmy.zip 3 points 9 hours ago

Alright now you've crossed over into impossible science fiction

[–] flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago

That is crazy talk. There would not be nearly enough shareholder value in such a system.