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cross-posted from: https://piefed.zip/c/technology/p/1543444/waymo-pulled-its-cars-from-the-freeway-after-one-fled-police-with-horrified-couple-on-boar

"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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[–] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 3 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

Waymo has said they can't control them remotely like an RC car, or even like a Tesla, which can at least be "summoned" straight forward and back out of a parking spot or garage from your phone. They can indirectly influence what the onboard computer decides, but not directly control it, apparently.

Back in December there were a bunch that got stuck around San Francisco for hours during the power outage because of the traffic lights being out, and delays in human responses to how to handle the out lights.

https://apnews.com/article/waymo-cars-san-francisco-power-outage-traffic-81e6a00aa2be6b804fe0bdfbcf07401f

[–] kibblebits@quokk.au 0 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

“Has said”

Dude totally believes everything big tech says.

[–] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 2 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Not at all, they just have no reason to purposefully leave several dozen vehicles blocking roads for hours because they got stuck if they could fix it remotely that easily. There is no advantage to doing that, only negatives and possibly even fines from the state.