654
Waymo Pulled Its Cars From the Freeway After One Fled Police With Horrified Couple on Board (futurism.com)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
152 comments fedilink hide all child comments
🤣 1
 

"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!

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 9 points 5 months ago (1 child)

You know what else solves that problem that isn't a fascist wet dream, public transportation, like trains and buses.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 1 child comment
    •
  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    Do you have a problem with cars in general? Because I really don't see anything inherently worse about a car you don't have to operate manually, that's just a technical achievement.

    I agree that whenever it's feasible public transportation is a better option than individual vehicles, no argument there. But, it's also not always feasible.

    I don't know how fascism factors in besides perhaps a tangential connection to Elon musk. I think this is really more of an ecological and economical issue than an ideological one.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent