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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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[-] Zahille7@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

I'd be more comfortable if the self-driving vehicle I was riding in had a way for me to take direct control in case of emergencies.

Not having a wheel or pedals to actually control the vehicle in case of emergency gets you situations like in the article.

Of course that would require either someone sitting in the driver's seat, or making it easy to get into the driver's seat.

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