Take a look at this. A Tesla Robotaxi in Austin pauses, seems to reconsider a right-hand turn through some bollards, and then decides: “I’m just gonna send it.”
Take a look at this. A Tesla Robotaxi in Austin pauses, seems to reconsider a right-hand turn through some bollards, and then decides: “I’m just gonna send it.”
Jobs are always going to be replaced by new technology and falling back to omg the jobs, as a means to prevent technology from advancing isnt the right way to think about things.
Maybe you should move to NJ so someone can pump your gas for you, or only buy from farms that hand pick everything.
Ive been in so many taxis driven by humans and feared for my saftey. People have been assaulted by drivers. The AVs can see all around them and will ultimately be definitively safer than a human can ever be. People are terrible drivers as seen by the immense death (1.16 million people in 2025) and destruction we cause behind the wheel.
Does anyone actually have the perfect AV right now? No. But they will figure it out.
Edit: clarity, but also dont forget taxi drivers who scam people by taking longer routes, ive also had my share of having to call them out at times when they think im a tourist.
So-called “ride-share” companies scam people on a bigger scale than individual cabbies ever could. Uber had a whole team devoted to avoiding legal scrutiny.
Robotaxi companies will most likely be just as shady, since they’re backed by the same investors.
As for NJ gas, that’s a false equivalence. A better analogy would be that NJ gas stations are like having a chauffeur, everywhere else is like doing your own driving.
Pretty sure every company has a legal team…
I wasn’t referring to their legal department, I was thinking of Greyball.
And things like this.
Definitely no part about protecting jobs, definitely none.
https://web.archive.org/web/20220629121415/https://www.nj.com/politics/2022/03/njs-new-pump-your-own-gas-bill-could-be-dead-senate-president-scutari-says-he-opposes-it.html
https://njaflcio.org/corporate-greed-comes-to-your-local-gas-station-what-you-dont-know-about-the-pump-your-own-gas-bill/
Companies will always try to get the most money out of you sure, but if I hop in a Uber and it says it’s $20.00, it’s going to be $20.00. Is that $20 a rip off, quite possibly, but I know that upfront, unlike a random driver trying to scam me and I don’t know until the end.
As a Keynesian, I’m in favour of gas pump attendants, while gas stations exist.
As an environmentalist, I’m in favour of phasing out fossil fuel.
As a human, I’m opposed to companies that engage in union-busting, labour casualisation, and surge pricing. AFAICT, all the robotaxi companies engage in those practices.